Rusty pitohui

{{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 | image2 = Pseudorectes ferrugineus - Rémi Bigonneau - 597633167.jpeg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{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}}</ref> | genus = Pseudorectes | species = ferrugineus | authority = (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 in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found throughout the lowlands of the Aru Islands and New Guinea.

==Taxonomy and systematics== The rusty pitohui was originally classified within the genus ''Rectes'' (a synonym for the genus ''Pitohui'') until moved to ''Pseudorectes'' by the IOC in 2013.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Alternatively, some other authorities classify the rusty pitohui in the genus ''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]] Six subspecies are recognized:<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> * ''P. f. leucorhynchus'' - (Gray, GR, 1862): Originally described as a separate species in the genus ''Rectes''. Found on Waigeo (off western New Guinea) * ''P. f. fuscus'' - (Greenway, 1966): Found on Batanta (off western New Guinea) * ''P. f. brevipennis'' - (Hartert, 1896): Found on Aru Islands (off south-western New Guinea) * ''P. f. ferrugineus'' - (Bonaparte, 1850): Found on Misool and Salawati (off south-western New Guinea) and north-western New Guinea * ''P. f. holerythrus'' - (Salvadori, 1878): Originally described as a separate species in the genus ''Rectes''. Found on Yapen (off north-western New Guinea) and north-central New Guinea * ''P. f. clarus'' - (Meyer, AB, 1894): Found in eastern and southern New Guinea

==Description== The rusty pitohui is a medium-sized, approximately 28 cm long, rusty brown songbird with a strong black bill, pale iris and yellowish-buff below. The subspecies ''P. f. leucorhynchus'' and ''P. f. fuscus'' of Waigeo and Batanta islands off 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 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 of Threatened Species.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5678&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]

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