Hooded Pitohui

Pitohui dichrous

A brightly patterned songbird of New Guinea's rainforests, the Hooded Pitohui has a rich brick-orange body contrasting with a jet-black head, wings, and tail. It forages in the canopy and understory for fruit and insects, often in mixed flocks. For decades it was an unremarkable bird to science — until a startling discovery.