Mottled berryhunter | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Superfamily: | Malaconotoidea |
Family: | Rhagologidae |
Genus: | Rhagologus Stresemann & Paludan, 1934 |
Species: | R. leucostigma |
Binomial name | |
Rhagologus leucostigma (Salvadori, 1876) |
The mottled berryhunter or mottled whistler (Rhagologus leucostigma) is a species of bird whose relationships are unclear but is most likely related to the woodswallows, boatbills and butcherbirds. It is monotypic within the genus Rhagologus and family Rhagologidae. [2] It is found in the highlands of New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. [1]