Black pitohui

Black pitohui
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Melanorectes
(Sharpe, 1877)
Species: M. nigrescens
Binomial name
Melanorectes nigrescens
(Schlegel, 1871)
Synonyms

Pitohui nigrescens

The black pitohui (Melanorectes nigrescens) is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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