Northern variable pitohui

{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = Pitohui kirhocephalus - Banyumili - 588363414.jpeg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Pitohui kirhocephalus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T103691592A94024967 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103691592A94024967.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Pitohui | species = kirhocephalus | authority = (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== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/archive-3-1-to-3-5/species-3-1-3-5/|title=Species 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref>

=== Subspecies === Eleven subspecies are recognized:<ref>{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 7.1|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1|doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus kirhocephalus'' - (Lesson & Garnot, 1827): Found on eastern Vogelkop (north-western New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus dohertyi'' - Rothschild & Hartert, 1903: Originally described as a separate species. Found in Wandammen area (north-western New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus rubiensis'' - (Meyer, AB, 1884): Originally described as a separate species. Found from head of Cenderawasih Bay to Triton Bay (western New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus brunneivertex'' - Rothschild, 1931: Found on eastern coast of Cenderawasih Bay (north-western New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus decipiens'' - (Salvadori, 1878): Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Onin Peninsula (south-western New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus adiensis'' - Mees, 1964: Found on Adi Island (off south-western New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus carolinae'' - Junge, 1952: Found in the Etna Bay region of south-western New Guinea * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus jobiensis'' - (Meyer, AB, 1874): Originally described as a separate species. Found on Kurudu Island and Yapen (off north-western New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus meyeri'' - Rothschild & Hartert, 1903: Originally described as a separate species. Found on the Mamberamo coast (northern New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus senex'' - Stresemann, 1922: Found in the upper Sepik region (northern New Guinea) * ''Pitohui kirhocephalus brunneicaudus'' - (Meyer, AB, 1891): Originally described as a separate species. Found in the lower Sepik region to Astrolabe Bay (northern New Guinea)

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Category:Pitohui Category:Pitohui (genus) Category:Birds of northern New Guinea Category:Birds described in 1827 Category:Taxa named by Prosper Garnot Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot