Tit berrypecker

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Tit berrypecker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paramythiidae
Genus: Oreocharis
Salvadori, 1876
Species:
O. arfaki
Binomial name
Oreocharis arfaki
(A.B. Meyer, 1875)

The tit berrypecker (Oreocharis arfaki) is a species of bird in the family Paramythiidae. First described by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1875, it is monotypic within the genus Oreocharis. [2] It is found in the New Guinea Highlands and more scarcely in northern parts of the island, in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Oreocharis arfaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22718165A94570828. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718165A94570828.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "ITIS Report: Oreocharis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 6 January 2017.