Northern variable pitohui

Species of bird

Northern variable pitohui

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Oriolidae
Genus:  | Pitohui
Species:  |

P. kirhocephalus

Binomial name
Pitohui kirhocephalus

(Lesson & Garnot, 1827)

Synonyms

* Lanius kirhocephalus

The northern variable pitohui (Pitohui kirhocephalus) is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae. It is found on New Guinea and a number of neighbouring islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds.

## Taxonomy and systematics[edit]

The northern variable pitohui was renamed from the variable pitohui in 2013 following the split of the Raja Ampat pitohui and the southern variable pitohui.[2]

### Subspecies[edit]

Eleven subspecies are recognized:[3]

* P. k. kirhocephalus \- (Lesson & Garnot, 1827): Found on eastern Vogelkop (north-western New Guinea)
* P. k. dohertyi \- Rothschild & Hartert, 1903: Originally described as a separate species. Found in Wandammen area (north-western New Guinea)
* P. k. rubiensis \- (Meyer, AB, 1884): Originally described as a separate species. Found from head of Cenderawasih Bay to Triton Bay (western New Guinea)
* P. k. brunneivertex \- Rothschild, 1931: Found on eastern coast of Cenderawasih Bay (north-western New Guinea)
* P. k. decipiens \- (Salvadori, 1878): Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Onin Peninsula (south-western New Guinea)
* P. k. adiensis \- Mees, 1964: Found on Adi Island (off south-western New Guinea)
* P. k. carolinae \- Junge, 1952: Found in the Etna Bay region of south-western New Guinea
* P. k. jobiensis \- (Meyer, AB, 1874): Originally described as a separate species. Found on Kurudu Island and Yapen (off north-western New Guinea)
* P. k. meyeri \- Rothschild & Hartert, 1903: Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Mamberamo coast (northern New Guinea)
* P. k. senex \- Stresemann, 1922: Found in the upper Sepik region (northern New Guinea)
* P. k. brunneicaudus \- (Meyer, AB, 1891): Originally described as a separate species. Found in the lower Sepik region to Astrolabe Bay (northern New Guinea)

## References[edit]

1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pitohui kirhocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103691592A94024967. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103691592A94024967.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ^ "Species 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
3. ^ "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1590382
* Wikispecies: Pitohui kirhocephalus
* Avibase: 87B0EA190B7B9E49
* BirdLife: 103691592
* CoL: 4JBXJ
* BOW: varpit1
* eBird: varpit1
* GBIF: 2482529
* iNaturalist: 7947
* IRMNG: 10210207
* ITIS: 562217
* IUCN: 103691592
* NCBI: 156167
* Xeno-canto: Pitohui-kirhocephalus

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