Obscure Berrypecker
Melanocharis arfakiana(Finsch, FHO, 1900)
English (US) Obscure Berrypecker
The Obscure Berrypecker (Melanocharis arfakiana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Melanocharitidae (Longbills and Berrypeckers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: patchily distributed in central and eastern New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanocharis arfakiana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Obscure Berrypecker
- Described by
- (Finsch, FHO, 1900)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Dicaeum arfakianum
- Described by
- (Finsch, FHO, 1900)
- Type locality
- Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Notes from the Leyden Museum 22 p.70
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Black Berrypecker
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Fan-tailed Berrypecker
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Satin Berrypecker
Melanocharis citreola
Streaked Berrypecker
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Thick-billed Berrypecker
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Spotted Berrypecker
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