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Western Crested Berrypecker

Paramythia olivaceavan Oort, ED, 1910

English (US) Western Crested Berrypecker

The Western Crested Berrypecker (Paramythia olivacea) 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 Paramythiidae (Tit Berrypecker and Crested Berrypeckers) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: montane west-central New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Paramythia olivacea
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Western Crested Berrypecker
Described by
van Oort, ED, 1910

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Paramythia montium olivaceum
Described by
van Oort, ED, 1910
Type locality
Hellwig Mountains, 2,600 m., and Oranje Mountains, 3,500 m., central New Guinea; restricted to Hellwig Mountains by Salomonsen, 1961, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 2067, p. 4.2
Original description
Notes from the Leyden Museum XXXII, Note XXIV p.213

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 3 species of the family Paramythiidae