Piping bellbird

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Piping bellbird
Oreoica cristata - 1825-1834 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ16600317 2.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oreoicidae
Genus: Ornorectes
(Iredale, 1956)
Species:
O. cristatus
Binomial name
Ornorectes cristatus
(Salvadori, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Pitohui cristatus
  • Rectes cristata

The piping bellbird (Ornorectes cristatus), or crested pitohui, is a species of bird in the family Oreoicidae. It was previously placed in the family Pachycephalidae.

It is found on New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Pitohui cristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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