Crested pitohui

Crested pitohui
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oreoicidae
Genus: Ornorectes
(Iredale, 1956)
Species: O. cristatus
Binomial name
Ornorectes cristatus
(Salvadori, 1875)
Synonyms

Pitohui cristatus

The crested pitohui (Ornorectes cristatus) is a species of bird previously placed in the Pachycephalidae family. The placement now is in the family Oricidae.

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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