White-bellied Pitohui
Pseudorectes incertus
A little-known and localised, medium-sized bird from seasonally flooded forest. Warm brown upperparts, pale belly and diffusely streaked chest. Note the broad, pale eye-ring and pale bill. Often found in noisy groups or mixed flocks where it forages in the midstory for insects or fruits. Similar to Little Shrikethrush, but White-bellied Pitohui is larger and more gregarious. Song, a short, up-and-down, medium-pitch, whistled duet.
Taxonomy
The white-bellied pitohui was originally described in the genus Pitohui until moved to Pseudorectes by the IOC in 2013. Alternatively, some other authorities classify the white-bellied pitohui in the genus Colluricincla. Alternate names for the white-bellied pitohui include the brown pitohui, mottle-breasted pitohui, mottled pitohui and white-bellied shrike-thrush.
- Scientific name
- Pseudorectes incertus
- Authority
- (van Oort, 1909)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pipridae
- Genus
- Pseudorectes
Range and habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss.
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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