Variable Pitohui

The Variable Pitohui is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Physical characteristics: A medium-sized bird, the variable pitohui is 9 to 10 inches (23 to 25.5 cm) long and weighs 3 to 3.5 ounces (85 to 100 grams). It has a black head and wings, a reddish back, an orange breast and belly, and black legs. This general coloring, however, varies among its twenty subspecies. Geographic range: This species can be found in New Guinea and neighboring islands. More

Variable Pitohui (Pitohui kirhocephalus) (Lesson & Garnot, 1827) summary taxon grid map Wikipedia NatureServe Google: Web|Scholar ITIS Birdlife Google|Flickr Xeno-Canto - Order: Passeriformes Family: Colluricinclidae English: Variable Pitohui Scientific: Pitohui kirhocephalus Protonym: Lanius kirhocephalus Avibase ID: 87B0EA190B7B9E49 Taxomic Serial Number: TSN: 562217 More

The Variable Pitohui, as its name implies, exists in many different forms, and twenty subspecies with different plumage patterns have been named. Two of them, however, closely resemble the Hooded Pitohui. More

The Variable Pitohui (Pitohui kirhocephalus) is a species of bird in the Colluricinclidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Pitohui kirhocephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. More

Variable Pitohui is a species of bird in the Colluricinclidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The Variable Pitohui, as its name implies, exists in many different forms, and twenty subspecies with different plumage patterns have been named. Two of them, however, closely resemble the Hooded Pitohui. Blue-capped Ifrita (Ifrita kowaldi) (Source: nationalzoo.si.edu/…/images/jdifrita. More

and feathers, the Hooded and Variable Pitohui being the deadliest of the three. The skin and feathers of some pitohuis contain powerful neurotoxic alkaloids of the batrachotoxin group (also secreted by the Colombian poison dart frogs, genus Phyllobates). It is believed that these serve the birds as a chemical defense, either against ectoparasites or against visually guided predators such as snakes, raptors or humans. (Dumbacher, et al., 1992) The birds probably do not produce batrachotoxin themselves. More