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.