Crown and upperparts are dark brown, uppertail/coverts tinged rufous, upperwing and tail dark brown, remiges and tail tinged rufous, brownish/white below, throat and upper breast mottled with brown and dark brown, sometimes forming solid band, iris dark brown, bill horn-brown, legs olive-grey. Sexes alike. Juvenile undescribd.
Near-threatened
Crown and upperparts are dark brown, uppertail/coverts tinged rufous, upperwing and tail dark brown, remiges and tail tinged rufous, brownish/white below, throat and upper breast mottled with brown and dark brown, sometimes forming solid band, iris dark brown, bill horn-brown, legs olive-grey. Sexes alike. Juvenile undescribd.
21.5-23 cm, 75 g
Taxonomy: Pitohui incertus van Oort, 1909, Noord River, west-central New Guinea. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
- WC & EC New Guinea: R Noord (Bivak I), and upper R Fly (Kiunga E to Palmer Junction).
Lowlnad forest, usually with broken canopy and open middle storey, on flat subcoastal plain. In areas of high annual rainfall (more than 3750 m), where forest seasonally inundated.
Insect and fruit. Frequents dense vegetation and ine tangles in lower canopy of forest, at 5-18 m. Joins mixed-species foraging flocks.
Male with enlarged testes in mid-Aug. No other info.