See text The black pitohui (Melanorectes nigrescens) is a species of bird in the monotypic genus of Melanorectes in the family Pachycephalidae.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The black pitohui was originally described in the genus Rectes (a synonym for the genus Pitohui) and re-classified to Melanorectes in 2013.

[2] Alternate names include black whistler and dusky pitohui.

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