Hooded pitohui: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hooded pitohui lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pitohui dichrous
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia, Oceania
Mass	93 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Oriolidae

Where does the hooded pitohui live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hooded pitohui in 2 countries and territories across Asia and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a hooded pitohui?

Wikidata records the following for the hooded pitohui: mass 93 g (adult weight).

Is the hooded pitohui endangered?

The hooded pitohui’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hooded pitohui?

The hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Oriolidae, genus Pitohui. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hooded pitohui

The hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) is a species of bird in the genus Pitohui found in New Guinea. It was long thought to be a whistler (Pachycephalidae) but is now known to be in the Old World oriole family (Oriolidae). Within the oriole family, this species is most closely related to the variable pitohuis in the genus Pitohui, and then the figbirds.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hooded pitohui (revision 1379357360), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q232619 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).