Black pitohui

Black pitohui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Melanorectes
(Sharpe, 1877)
Species: M. nigrescens
Binomial name
Melanorectes nigrescens
(Schlegel, 1871)
Subspecies

see text

Synonyms

Pitohui nigrescens

The black pitohui (Melanorectes nigrescens) is a species of bird in the monotypic genus of Melanorectes in the Pachycephalidae family. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Subspecies

The following six subspecies are recognized:[2]

References


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