Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
Rusty Pitohui (Pitohui ferrugineus) - HBW 12, p. 434
French: Pitohui rouilleux
German: Einfarbpitohui
Spanish: Pitohuí Herrumbroso
Other common names: Ferruginous Wood-shrike/Pitohui
Taxonomy: Rectes ferrugineus Bonaparate, 1850, Lobo, Triton Bay, west New Guinea.
Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucorhynchus ( G. R. Gray, 1862) - N West Papuan Is (Waigeo I).
- fuscus Greenway, 1966 - Batanta, S of Waigeo.
- ferrugineus ( Bonaparte, 1850) - islands of Salawati and Misool, and NW mainland New Guinea from Vogelkop E to Wandammen and Etna Bay, and S slopes of Nassau Mts and Oranje Mts.
- leucorhynchus ( G. R. Gray, 1862) - N West Papuan Is (Waigeo I).
- fuscus Greenway, 1966 - Batanta, S of Waigeo.
- ferrugineus ( Bonaparte, 1850) - islands of Salawati and Misool, and NW mainland New Guinea from Vogelkop E to Wandammen and Etna Bay, and S slopes of Nassau Mts and Oranje Mts.
- holerythrus ( Salvadori, 1878) - Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay) and N New Guinea E at least Humboldt Bay area (and presumably Vanimo).
- brevipennis ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1896) - Aru Is.
- clarus ( A. B. Meyer, 1894) - S & E New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual bathing.
Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp clarus)
Brian J. Coates 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult checking my hide..
Locality Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp leucorhynchus)
Dubi Shapiro 26 July 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Bird calling close to our hide
Locality Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp leucorhynchus)
Eduardo de Juana 6 August 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
Bird calling just above our hide.
Locality Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Eduardo de Juana 6 August 2008 3 years ago 3.3
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