Northern Variable Pitohui

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Oriolidae

Genus

Pitohui

eBird Code

varpit2

Subspecies (9)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus brunneicaudus

  northern New Guinea (lower Sepik River to upper Ramu River)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus brunneivertex

  western New Guinea (southeastern coast of Cenderawasih Bay)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus decipiens

  southwestern New Guinea (Onin Peninsula)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus dohertyi

  northwestern New Guinea (islands and peninsulas of Wandammen area)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus jobiensis

  Yapen and nearby Kurudu (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus kirhocephalus

  coastal northwestern New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula to Cenderawasih Bay)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus meyeri

  coastal northern New Guinea (Mamberamo River to Tami River)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus rubiensis

  northwestern New Guinea (head of Cenderawasih Bay southward to Triton Bay and Etna Bay); also Adi Island (off southern coast of the Bomberai Peninsula)

• Pitohui kirhocephalus senex

  northern New Guinea (upper Sepik Valley)