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Black Pitohui

Melanorectes nigrescens
Family
Whistlers and Allies
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
blapit1, BLPI
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyWhistlers and Allies (Pachycephalidae)
SpeciesMelanorectes nigrescens
Codesblapit1, BLPI
Identification

The Black Pitohui (Melanorectes nigrescens) is a member of the Whistlers and Allies family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code blapit1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

Related Species in Whistlers and Allies
Rusty Pitohui
Pseudorectes ferrugineus
White-bellied Pitohui
Pseudorectes incertus
Sandstone Shrikethrush
Colluricincla woodwardi
Bower's Shrikethrush
Colluricincla boweri
Gray Shrikethrush
Colluricincla harmonica
Sooty Shrikethrush
Colluricincla tenebrosa
Black Pitohui photo
(c) Nigel Voaden, kai kurios teisės saugomos (CC BY)

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Melanorectes nigrescens

Family: Whistlers and Allies

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: blapit1