Rusty Pitohui
Pseudorectes ferrugineus(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Rusty Pitohui
The Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pachycephalidae (Whistlers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rusty Pitohui
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Pseudorectes ferrugineus leucorhynchus
- Pseudorectes ferrugineus brevipennis
- Pseudorectes ferrugineus ferrugineus
- Pseudorectes ferrugineus holerythrus
- Pseudorectes ferrugineus clarus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Rectes ferrugineus
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- Lobo, Triton Bay, southwestern New Guinea.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 31, no.17 p.563
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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