{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Southern variable pitohui | image = Rectes uropygialis - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Pitohui uropygialis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T103691602A104067842 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103691602A104067842.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Pitohui | species = uropygialis | authority = (Gray, GR, 1862) | synonyms = * ''Rectes uropygialis'' }}
The '''southern variable pitohui''' ('''''Pitohui uropygialis''''') is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae. It is found on New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds, it carries the toxic compound homobatrachotoxins in its feathers and skin.
==Taxonomy and systematics== This species was split from the northern variable pitohui in 2013.<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 === Five 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> * ''P. u. uropygialis'' - <small>(Gray, GR, 1862)</small>: Found on Salawati and Misool Islands (western Papuan Islands) and western Vogelkop (north-western New Guinea) * ''P. u. brunneiceps'' - <small>(D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)</small>: Originally described as a separate species. Found from Gulf of Papua to Fly River (southern New Guinea) * ''P. u. nigripectus'' - <small>van Oort, 1909</small>: Found from Mimika River to Pulau River (southern New Guinea) * ''P. u. aruensis'' - <small>(Sharpe, 1877)</small>: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Aru Islands (off south-western New Guinea) * ''P. u. meridionalis'' - <small>(Sharpe, 1888)</small>: Originally described as a separate species. Found in south-eastern New Guinea
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Category:Pitohui Category:Pitohui (genus) Category:Birds described in 1862 Category:Taxa named by George Robert Gray
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