Genus of birds
Pitohui is a genus of birds endemic to New Guinea. The birds formerly lumped together as pitohuis were found by a 2008 study that examined their evolutionary history on the basis of the genetic sequences to have included birds that were quite unrelated to each other. They have since been separated into other genera.
Taxonomy and systematics.
The genus "Pitohui" was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson. Lesson omitted to specify the type species but this was designated as the northern variable pitohui by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1877. The genus name is a Papuan word for the variable pitohui.
The common group name pitohui includes several species of birds that were all historically classified in the genus "Pitohui". But now they have been separated into three families and multiple genera. The genus "Pitohui" in its strict sense is now placed in the family Oriolidae, while the other pitohui genera have been placed in the families Oreoicidae and Pachycephalidae.
Species.
Four species are recognized in the revised genus "Pitouhi":
Former species.
Species that were formerly sometimes placed in the genus "Pitohui" include the following:
References.
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