# Rusty pitohui
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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Rusty pitohui
| image = Rectes leucorhynchus - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Illustration by [William Matthew Hart](/source/William_Matthew_Hart)
| image2 = Pseudorectes ferrugineus - Rémi Bigonneau - 597633167.jpeg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Pseudorectes ferrugineus'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T22705583A130391308 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22705583A130391308.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}]
| genus = Pseudorectes
| species = ferrugineus
| authority = ([Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte), 1850)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = {{Specieslist
|Colluricincla ferruginea|
|Pitohui ferrugineus|
|Rectes ferrugineus|
}}
}}
The '''rusty pitohui''' ('''''Pseudorectes ferrugineus''''') is a species of [bird](/source/bird) in the family [Pachycephalidae](/source/Pachycephalidae). It is found throughout the lowlands of the [Aru Islands](/source/Aru_Islands) and [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea).
==Taxonomy and systematics==
The rusty pitohui was originally classified within the genus ''Rectes'' (a synonym for the genus ''[Pitohui](/source/Pitohui_(genus))'') until moved to ''Pseudorectes'' by the IOC in 2013.[{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 3.4|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.3.4|doi-access=free}}] Alternatively, some other authorities classify the rusty pitohui in the genus ''[Colluricincla](/source/Colluricincla)''. Alternate names for the rusty pitohui include the '''ferrugineous pitohui''' and '''rusty shrike-thrush'''.
===Subspecies===
[[File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.130620 1 - Pitohui ferrugineus leucorhynchus (Gray, 1862) - Pachycephalidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg|thumb|left|''P. f. leucorhynchus'' in [Naturalis Biodiversity Center](/source/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center)]]
Six subspecies are recognized:[{{Cite journal|title=IOC World Bird List 6.3|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/crossref|journal=IOC World Bird List Datasets|doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.6.3|doi-access=free}}]
* ''P. f. leucorhynchus'' - ([Gray, GR](/source/George_Robert_Gray), 1862): Originally described as a separate species in the genus ''[Rectes](/source/Pitohui_(genus))''. Found on [Waigeo](/source/Waigeo) (off western New Guinea)
* ''P. f. fuscus'' - ([Greenway](/source/James_Greenway), 1966): Found on [Batanta](/source/Batanta) (off western New Guinea)
* ''P. f. brevipennis'' - ([Hartert](/source/Ernst_Hartert), 1896): Found on Aru Islands (off south-western New Guinea)
* ''P. f. ferrugineus'' - ([Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte), 1850): Found on [Misool](/source/Misool) and [Salawati](/source/Salawati) (off south-western New Guinea) and north-western New Guinea
* ''P. f. holerythrus'' - ([Salvadori](/source/Tommaso_Salvadori), 1878): Originally described as a separate species in the genus ''Rectes''. Found on [Yapen](/source/Yapen) (off north-western New Guinea) and north-central New Guinea
* ''P. f. clarus'' - ([Meyer, AB](/source/Adolf_Bernhard_Meyer), 1894): Found in eastern and southern New Guinea
==Description==
The rusty pitohui is a medium-sized, approximately 28 cm long, rusty brown [songbird](/source/songbird) with a strong black [bill](/source/Beak), pale iris and yellowish-buff below. The subspecies ''P. f. leucorhynchus'' and ''P. f. fuscus'' of Waigeo and Batanta islands off [Western New Guinea](/source/Western_New_Guinea) have a whitish bill. It is the largest member of its family. Both sexes are similar.
==Distribution and habitat==
The rusty pitohui is distributed and endemic to lowland and hill forests of New Guinea, Aru Island and [West Papuan](/source/West_Papua_(region)) islands.
==Behaviour and ecology==
The rusty pitohui is usually seen in small parties, mixed with other gregarious species. It builds a deep, cup-shaped nest of sticks, leaves and stems in a fork of a tree.
==Status==
Widespread and common throughout its habitat range, the rusty pitohui is evaluated as least concern on the [IUCN Red List](/source/IUCN_Red_List) of Threatened Species.