Tit berrypecker

Tit berrypecker
Scientific classification
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]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Oreocharis arfaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "ITIS Report: Oreocharis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 January 2017.


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