Passeriformes
Berrypeckers and Longbills (Melanocharitidae)
HBW 13, p. 322
- Small passerines, mostly rather dull-coloured, morphologically variable, two quite short-tailed and stubby-billed, three longer-tailed and with rather slender, straight bill, one with long straight bill, and four with short tail and proportionately long, decurved bill.
- New Guinea.
- Forest.
- 4 genera, 10 species, 32 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 1
- 9
List of species:
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- 3 1 1 1 7 1 Obscure Berrypecker (Melanocharis arfakiana)
- 5 4 1 8 2 Black Berrypecker (Melanocharis nigra)
- 1 1 8 3 Mid-mountain Berrypecker (Melanocharis longicauda)
- 4 1 3 8 4 Fan-tailed Berrypecker (Melanocharis versteri)
- 0 8 5 Streaked Berrypecker (Melanocharis striativentris)
- 1 1 8 6 Spotted Berrypecker (Rhamphocharis crassirostris)
- 2 2 8 7 Dwarf Longbill (Oedistoma iliolophus)
- 1 1 8 8 Pygmy Longbill (Oedistoma pygmaeum)
- 2 1 1 8 9 Yellow-bellied Longbill (Toxorhamphus novaeguineae)
- 1 1 8 10 Slaty-chinned Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus)
Family statistics
4 genera, 10 species
| 20 files covering | |
|---|---|
| 4 genera | (100%) |
| 9 species | (90%) |
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