Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus)

Other Names (World)
Rusty Pitohui, Ferruginous Wood-shrike, Ferruginous Wood-shrike

Family
Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

Size
25.50 - 28.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, lowland moist forest. Also, heaviliy degraded former forest, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus) [XC502308]
by Marc Anderson from near Malagufuk, Klasow Valley, Sorong, Papua Barat, Indonesia (song)

Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus) [XC632729]
by id from near Malagufuk, Klasow Valley, Sorong, Papua Barat, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

leucorhynchus (Gray, GR, 1862) - Northern West Papuan Is (Waigeo I).
fuscus Greenway, 1966 - Batanta, south of Waigeo.
ferrugineus (Bonaparte, 1850) - Islands of Salawati and Misool, and north-western mainland New Guinea from Vogelkop east to Wandammen and Etna Bay, and southern slopes of Nassau Mts and Oranje Mts.
holerythrus (Salvadori, 1878) - Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay) and northern New Guinea eastern at least Humboldt Bay area (and presumably Vanimo).
brevipennis (Hartert, 1896) - Aru Is.
clarus (Meyer, AB, 1894) - Southern and eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus) - 6 files

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