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Southern Variable Pitohui

Pitohui uropygialis (Gray, GR 1862)

The southern variable pitohui 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Oriolidae
Genus:
   Pitohui
Scientific:
  Pitohui uropygialis

Original description

Citation:
  (Gray, GR 1862)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1862, Part 3, Meeting of December 10, 1861 p. 430

Protonym:
  Rectes uropygialis

Type locality:
  Mysol Island.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91152#page/542/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  66F43F9C309C38FE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-66F43F9C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/66F43F9C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916840

Geographic range:

  • Pitohui uropygialis: northwestern and southern New Guinea, including Salawati and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, northwest of New Guinea), and Aru Islands (southwest of New Guinea)
  • Pitohui uropygialis [uropygialis or tibialis]: northwestern New Guinea (western half of the Bird's Head Peninsula), including Salawati and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
  • Pitohui uropygialis nigripectus: southern New Guinea
  • Pitohui uropygialis meridionalis: southeastern New Guinea (Chads Bay to Yule Island)
  • Pitohui uropygialis brunneiceps: southern New Guinea (Fly River to Gulf of Papua)
  • Pitohui uropygialis aruensis: Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Southern Variable Pitohui
German:
Maronenpirol
Spanish:
Pitohuí variable sureño
Spanish (Spain):
Pitohuí variable sureño
French:
Pitohui de Gray
Croatian:
kestenjasta vuga
Italian:
Pitoui variabile meridionale
Japanese:
カワリモリモズ (uropygialis グループ)
Dutch:
Zuidelijke Bonte Pitohui
Norwegian:
vekselpitohui (uropygialis gr.)
Polish:
fletowiec kasztanowaty
Portuguese:
pitoui-do-sul
Portuguese (Portugal):
pitouí-variável-do-sul
Russian:
Южный питоху
Slovak:
pitohui okrový
Serbian:
Južni pitohui
Swedish:
sydlig pitohui
Ukrainian:
пітогу папуанський
Chinese:
南杂色林鵙鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
南方林鵙鶲

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Southern Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui uropygialis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.54:
Variable Pitohui (Southern) ( Pitohui kirhocephalus [uropygialis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Variable Pitohui (Southern) ( Pitohui kirhocephalus [uropygialis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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German: Maronenpirol
English: Southern Variable Pitohui, Variable Pitohui (Southern)
English, HBW: Southern Variable Pitohui
English (IOC): Southern Variable Pitohui
English (United States): Southern Variable Pitohui
Spanish: Pitohuí Variable (grupo uropygialis), Pitohuí variable sureño
Spanish (Spain): Pitohuí variable (grupo uropygialis), Pitohuí Variable [uropygialis Group], Pitohuí variable sureño
Spanish (HBW): Variable Pitohui (Southern)
French: Pitohui de Gray, Pitohui variable (uropygialis), Pitohui variable [uropygialis]
Croatian: kestenjasta vuga
Italian: Pitoui variabile meridionale
Japanese (romaji): kawarimorimozu (uropygialis guru-pu)
Japanese: カワリモリモズ (uropygialis グループ)
Scientific: Pitohui kirhocephalus [uropygialis Group], Pitohui kirhocephalus [uropygialis], Pitohui kirhocephalus uropygialis, Pitohui uropygialis, Rectes uropygialis
Dutch: Bonte Pitohui (uropygialis groep), Zuidelijke Bonte Pitohui
Norwegian: vekselpitohui (uropygialis gr.)
Polish: fletowiec kasztanowaty
Portuguese: pitoui-do-sul
Portuguese (Portugal): pitouí-variável-do-sul
Russian: Южный питоху
Slovak: pitohui okrový
Serbian: Južni pitohui, Raznobojni pitohui [uropygialis grupa]
Swedish: sydlig pitohui
Turkish: Güneyli değişken pitohuyi
Ukrainian: пітогу папуанський
Chinese: 南杂色林鵙鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 南方林鵙鶲

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