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Rhamphocharis crassirostris

Melanocharis crassirostris

Identification

Distribution

New Guinea: Mountains of Vogelkop Peninsula and Central Highlands (so both in areas belonging to Indonesia and to Papua New Guinea).

Taxonomy

Thick-billed Berrypecker was formerly considered conspecific with Spotted Berrypecker.

Placed in genus Rhamphocharis by some authorities[2] and in Melanocharis by others[1].

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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