Black Pitohui
Melanorectes nigrescens
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pachycephalidae
- Genus
- Melanorectes
- eBird Code
- blapit1
Subspecies (5)
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Melanorectes nigrescens harterti
northeastern New Guinea (Saruwaged Mountains of Huon Peninsula)
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Melanorectes nigrescens meeki
west-central to east-central New Guinea
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Melanorectes nigrescens nigrescens
northwestern New Guinea (Arfak and Tamrau mountains)
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Melanorectes nigrescens schistaceus
Herzog Mountains and mountains of southeastern New Guinea
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Melanorectes nigrescens wandamensis
New Guinea (Wandammen Peninsula)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.