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Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui

Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris] (= Pitohui kirhocephalus) (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P 1827)

The northern variable pitohui is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae. It is found on New Guinea and a number of neighbouring islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Lesson, RP; Garnot, P 1827)

Reference:
   Voy. Monde Coquille [Duperrey], Zool. 1 livr.2 pl.11

Protonym:
  Lanius kirhocephalus

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38661571

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  87B0EA190B7B9E49

Avibase ID:
  avibase-87B0EA19

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/87B0EA19

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562217

Geographic range:

  • Pitohui kirhocephalus [kirhocephalus or salvadori]: coastal northeastern New Guinea (Vogelkop to Geelvink Bay)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus dohertyi: NW New Guinea (islands and peninsulas of Wandammen area)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus [rubiensis, stramineipectus, adiensis, carolinae]: northwestern New Guinea (head of Geelvink Bay south to Triton Bay and Etna Bay); also Adi Island (off southern coast of the Bomberai Peninsula)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus decipiens: SW New Guinea (Onin Peninsula)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus brunneivertex: W New Guinea (se coast of Geelvink Bay)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus jobiensis: Kurudu I. and Yapen I. (New Guinea)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus meyeri: Coastal n New Guinea (Mamberamo River to Tami River)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus senex: N New Guinea (upper Sepik Valley)
  • Pitohui kirhocephalus brunneicaudus: N New Guinea (lower Sepik River to upper Ramu River)
  • Pitohui uropygialis [uropygialis or tibialis]: northwestern New Guinea (western half of the Bird's Head Peninsula, and Salawati and Misool islands to the west)
  • Pitohui uropygialis nigripectus: S New Guinea
  • Pitohui uropygialis meridionalis: SE New Guinea (Chads Bay to Yule I.)
  • Pitohui uropygialis brunneiceps: S New Guinea (Fly River to Gulf of Papua)
  • Pitohui uropygialis aruensis: Aru Islands (New Guinea)
  • Pitohui cerviniventris cerviniventris: Waigeo and Gemien islands (New Guinea)
  • Pitohui cervineiventris pallidus: Sagewin and Batanta islands (New Guinea)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui
French:
Pitohui variable, P. de Gray ou P. de Waigeo

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui ( Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pitohui variable ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pitohui variable ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pitohui kirhocephalus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Pitohui kirhocephalus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Pitohui kirhocephalus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Variable Pitohui ( Pitohui kirhocephalus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pitohui kirhocephalus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pitohui kirhocephalus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Catalan: pituí variable
Czech: pištec proměnlivý, Pitohui pestrý
Danish: Variabel Pitohui
German: Ockerpitohui, Ocker-Pitohui
English: Greater Pitohui, Greater Woodshrike, Northern Variable, Southern Variable or Raja Ampat Pitohui, Variable Pitohui, Variable Woodshrike
English (IOC): Northern/Southern Variable Pitohui
Spanish: Pitohuí Variable, Pitojuí Variable
Spanish (Spain): Pitohuí Variable
Spanish (HBW): Variable Pitohui
Estonian: eris-mürkpeoleo
Finnish: Parviisoviheltäjä, parvi-isoviheltäjä, parvipitohui
French: Pitohui variable, Pitohui variable, P. de Gray ou P. de Waigeo, Pitohui variable, P. de Gray ou P. des Raja Ampat
Indonesian: Pitohui Belang
Italian: Pitoui variabile
Japanese (romaji): kawarimorimozu
Japanese: カワリモリモズ
Scientific: Lanius kirhocephalus, Pitohui [kirhocephalus, uropygialis or cerviniventris], Pitohui kirhocephalus, Pitohui kirhocephalus kirhocephalus
Lithuanian: Juodagalvis pitohas
Dutch: Bonte Pitohui
Norwegian Nynorsk: Vekselpitohui
Norwegian: Vekselpitohui
Polish: fletowiec zmienny
Russian: Изменчивая дроздовая мухоловка
Slovak: pitohui pestrý
Serbian: Raznobojni pitohui
Swedish: nordlig/sydlig pitohui, Växelpitohui
Ukrainian: Пітогу іржастий
Chinese: 杂色林鵙鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 易變林鵙鶲

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