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.

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  • 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.
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