Mottled berryhunter

Mottled berryhunter
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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]

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Rhagologus leucostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T22705411A118733758. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705411A118733758.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "ITIS Report: Rhagologus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 8 August 2014.

• del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN   978-84-96553-42-2