Black pitohui

Black pitohui
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pachycephalidae
Genus:	Melanorectes; (Sharpe, 1877)
Species:	M. nigrescens
Binomial name
	Melanorectes nigrescens; (Schlegel, 1871)
Subspecies
	see text
Synonyms
	Pitohui nigrescens

The black pitohui (Melanorectes nigrescens) is a species of bird in the monotypic genus of Melanorectes in the Pachycephalidae family. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Subspecies

The following six subspecies are recognized:^[2]

M. n. nigrescens – (Schlegel, 1871): Found in northwestern New Guinea
M. n. wandamensis – (Hartert, 1930): Found in Wandammen Peninsula (western New Guinea)
M. n. meeki – (Rothschild & Hartert, 1913): Found in west central New Guinea
M. n. buergersi – (Stresemann, 1922): Found in northern and east central New Guinea
M. n. harterti – Reichenow, 1911: Found in northeastern New Guinea
M. n. schistaceus – (Reichenow, 1900): Found in southeastern New Guinea

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