Crested Berrypecker (Paramythia montium) ©WikiC
I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine. (Psalms 50:11 NKJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family – Paramythiidae – Painted Berrypeckers
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Species (2)
Tit Berrypecker (Oreocharis arfaki)
Crested Berrypecker (Paramythia montium)
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- Painted Berrypeckers (Paramythiidae) – IBC
- Painted Berrypeckers – Wikipedia
- Paramythiidae– Le quide ornitho
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The painted berrypeckers, Paramythiidae, are a very small bird family restricted to the mountain forests of New Guinea. The family comprises two species in two genera: the Tit Berrypecker (Oreocharis arfaki) and the Crested Berrypecker (Paramythia montium).[1] These are colourful medium-sized birds which feed on fruit and some insects. These species were formerly included in the Dicaeidae, but DNA-DNA hybridization studies showed these species were related to each other but distinct from the flowerpeckers. Some sources group painted berrypeckers as two genera belonging to the berrypecker family Melanocharitidae. (Wikipedia with editing)
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