See text The rusty pitohui (Pseudorectes ferrugineus) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae.

The subspecies P. f. leucorhynchus and P. f. fuscus of Waigeo and Batanta islands off Western New Guinea have a whitish bill.

The rusty pitohui is usually seen in small parties, mixed with other gregarious species.

It builds a deep, cup-shaped nest of sticks, leaves and stems in a fork of a tree.

Widespread and common throughout its habitat range, the rusty pitohui is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.