Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestCup nestMedium · 94 g

Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Rémi Bigonneau, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rusty Pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) luluzookeeper, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

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.

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When to see the Rusty Pitohui

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rusty Pitohui

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

About the Rusty Pitohui

The rusty pitohui is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found throughout the lowlands of the Aru Islands and New Guinea.

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Easily confused with

White-bellied PitohuiPseudorectes incertusThe white-bellied pitohui is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae.

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