Male © Benjamin Van Doren Macaulay Library ML 257652961
Female © Markus Lilje
Female © Frédéric PELSY

Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis

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Identification

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A fairly large bird of mainly secondary lowland and foothill forest edge. As the name suggests, a variably plumaged bird. Males mostly have a black hood, wing and tail with belly and back, chestnut or orange-brown. Males and females of some races have a brown head. Very similar to Hooded Pitohui, but Southern Variable is usually found at lower elevation and has black rather than brown above the base of the tail. Song, a varied, jumbled warble.

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