Pitohui | |
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Hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Oriolidae |
Genus: | Pitohui Lesson, 1831 |
Type species | |
Lanius kirhocephalus (Northern variable pitohui) | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms | |
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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.