biology

Southern variable pitohui

Southern variable pitohui is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Southern variable pitohui rather than just read about it. In short: The southern variable pitohui (Pitohui uropygialis) is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae. It is found on New Guinea and neighbouring islands.

Key takeaways

Southern variable pitohui belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Southern variable pitohui to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Southern variable pitohui from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The southern variable pitohui (Pitohui uropygialis) is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae. It is found on New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also one of the few known poisonous birds, it carries the toxic compound homobatrachotoxins in its feathers and skin.

Taxonomy and systematics This species was split from the northern variable pitohui in 2013.

Subspecies Five subspecies are recognized:

P. u. uropygialis - (Gray, GR, 1862): Found on Salawati and Misool Islands (western Papuan Islands) and western Vogelkop (north-western New Guinea) P. u. brunneiceps - (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879): Originally described as a separate species. Found from Gulf of Papua to Fly River (southern New Guinea) P. u. nigripectus - van Oort, 1909: Found from Mimika River to Pulau River (southern New Guinea) P. u. aruensis - (Sharpe, 1877): Originally described as a separate species. Found on Aru Islands (off south-western New Guinea) P. u. meridionalis - (Sharpe, 1888): Originally described as a separate species. Found in south-eastern New Guinea

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Southern variable pitohui

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Southern variable pitohui claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Southern variable pitohui before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Southern variable pitohui ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Southern variable pitohui

In research: Southern variable pitohui appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Southern variable pitohui in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Southern variable pitohui is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Birds described in 1862, Corvides stubs, IUCN Red List least concern species, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Southern variable pitohui outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Southern variable pitohui in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Southern variable pitohui in simple terms?

The southern variable pitohui (Pitohui uropygialis) is a species of pitohui in the family Oriolidae. It is found on New Guinea and neighbouring islands.

Why does Southern variable pitohui matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Southern variable pitohui?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Southern variable pitohui.