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Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous Scientific name definitions

Walter Boles
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 28, 2013

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Field Identification

22–23 cm; 67–76 g. Adult has head black, upperparts rufous-chestnut, upperwing and tail black; chin, throat and upper breast black, remainder of underparts bright rufous-chestnut; iris reddish-brown, dark brown or black; bill and legs black. Sexes alike. Juvenile is like adult, but remiges and rectrices edged with brown.

Systematics History

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Sister to P. kirhocephalus (with P. uropygialis), with which often sympatric (1). Proposed race monticola (upper Aroa R, in SE New Guinea) generally considered inseparable. Monotypic.

Subspecies

SUBSPECIES

Pitohui dichrous dichrous Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Mountains of n New Guinea and Yapen I.
SUBSPECIES

Pitohui dichrous monticola Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Mountains of central New Guinea

Distribution

New Guinea, including Yapen I.

Habitat

Forest, forest edges and secondary growth, occasionally mangroves and low beach trees. Occurs in hills and lower to middle mountains at 350–1700 m, occasionally to 2000 m; locally down to sea-level (e.g. Jayapura, Madang, Huon Peninsula, Lae, middle R Fly, Hall Sound, Hisiu). At elevations between those occupied by P. kirhocephalus and Melanorectes nigrescens, with some overlap.

Movement

Presumably sedentary.

Diet and Foraging

Mainly fruit, including small figs (Ficus); some insects and grass seeds. Nestlings fed with berries and invertebrates. Found at most levels, from undergrowth to canopy.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Song an irregular series of variations based on 3–7 rich whistles, comprising upslurs and downslurs of different lengths mixed with hesitant pauses, usually beginning with 2 notes on same pitch followed by upslur. Other vocalizations “tuk tuk w’oh tuw’uow”; two loud whistles, “woiy, woiy”; two downslurred whistles, “tiuw tow”; three rising whistles increasing in volume, “hui-whui-whooee”; and six rapid, identical upslurs.

Breeding

Laying female in mid-Oct, nests with eggs in mid-Nov and mid-Feb, with chicks late Oct, mid-Dec and mid-Feb, also fledglings late Oct and early Nov, indicative of breeding in late dry season to middle wet season, at least. Possibly co-operative breeder; at least three adults seen to feed chicks at one nest, and four or five defending nest. Nest a cup of curly vine tendrils, lined with fine tendrils, suspended from slender branches c. 2 m above ground. Clutch 1–2 eggs, creamy or light pinkish-stone, spotted and blotched light and dark brown to black, with underlying light grey patches all over or mainly at larger end, 27–32·8 × 20·5–22·2 mm.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife LC Least Concern
Not globally threatened. Locally fairly common to common. Less numerous in places when sympatric with P. kirhocephalus: on Mt Karimui comprised 0·7% of local avifauna at 1100 m (where co-occurs) and 2–5·6% at 1220–1570 m (where no overlap).
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Recommended Citation

Boles, W. (2020). Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.hoopit1.01
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