''Pseudorectes'' is a bird

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the family

Pachycephalidae The Pachycephalidae are a family of bird species that includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and three of the pitohuis, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. The family includes 69 species that are separated into fi ...

endemic to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

Pseudorectes

Extant species

It contains the following

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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White-bellied pitohui The white-bellied pitohui (''Pseudorectes incertus'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found throughout the lowlands of southern New Guinea ( Lorentz River to upper Fly River. Taxonomy and systematics The white-bellied p ...

(''Pseudorectes incertus'') *

Rusty pitohui The rusty pitohui (''Pseudorectes ferrugineus'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is found throughout the lowlands of the Aru Islands and New Guinea. Taxonomy and systematics The rusty pitohui was originally classified with ...

(''Pseudorectes ferrugineus'')

Former species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Pseudorectes'': *

Oriole whistler The oriole whistler (''Pachycephala orioloides''), also known as the yellow-throated whistler (leading to easy confusion with '' Pachycephala macrorhyncha''), is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae, which is endemic to the Solomon Isl ...

(as ''Pseudorectes cinnamomeum'')

References

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