Raja Ampat pitohui

Raja Ampat pitohui
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Oriolidae
Genus:	Pitohui
Species:	P. cerviniventris
Binomial name
	Pitohui cerviniventris; (Gray, GR, 1862)
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	Rectes cerviniventris;

The Raja Ampat pitohui (Pitohui cerviniventris), or Waigeo pitohui, is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae found on the western Papuan Islands of New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds.

Taxonomy and systematics

This species was split from the northern variable pitohui in 2013.^[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:^[3]

P. c. pallidus - van Oort, 1907: Found on Sagewin and Batanta Islands (western Papuan Islands)
P. c. cerviniventris - (Gray, GR, 1862): Found on Waigeo and Gemien Islands (western Papuan Islands)

References

^ BirdLife International (2017). "Pitohui cerviniventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103691606A112512830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103691606A112512830.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Species 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2017). "Pitohui cerviniventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103691606A112512830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103691606A112512830.en. Retrieved 20 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.

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