The Raja Ampat pitohui (Pitohui cerviniventris), or Waigeo pitohui, is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae found on the western Papuan Islands of New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Genus: | Pitohui |
| Species: | P. cerviniventris
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| Pitohui cerviniventris (Gray, GR, 1862)
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Taxonomy and systematics
editThis species was split from the northern variable pitohui in 2013.[2]
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized:[3]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Pitohui cerviniventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103691606A112512830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103691606A112512830.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Species 3.1-3.5 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 7.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.7.1.