Thick-billed berrypecker

Thick-billed berrypecker
Preserved specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Melanocharitidae
Genus:	Melanocharis
Species:	M. crassirostris
Binomial name
Melanocharis crassirostris (Salvadori, 1876)
Synonyms
Rhamphocharis crassirostris

The thick-billed berrypecker (Melanocharis crassirostris) is a species of bird in the berrypecker and longbill family Melanocharitidae. ^[2] It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The spotted berrypecker (Rhamphocharis piperata) was formerly considered conspecific (with both species being grouped under the common name "spotted berrypecker" but with the scientific name R. crassirostris), but it was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Rhamphocharis crassirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T103730855A132256899. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103730855A132256899.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Gregory, Phil (2008). "Family Melanocharitidae (Berrypeckers and Longbills)". In del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 322–338. ISBN   978-84-96553-45-3.
3. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-06-13.