Mottled berryhunter

Mottled berryhunter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhagologidae
Genus: Rhagologus
Stresemann & Paludan, 1934
Species: R. leucostigma
Binomial name
Rhagologus leucostigma
(Salvadori, 1875)

The mottled berryhunter or mottled whistler (Rhagologus leucostigma) is a species of bird whose relationships are unclear but 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 New Guinea Highlands, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Rhagologus leucostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  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
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