Painted berrypecker

Painted berrypecker

Taxobox
name = Painted berrypeckers
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
subordo = Passeri
familia = Paramythiidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = " Oreocharis"
Salvadori, 1876,
"Paramythia"
De Vis, 1892

The painted berrypeckers, Paramythiidae, are a very small bird family restricted to the mountain forests of New Guinea. It comprises two species:

* Tit Berrypecker "Oreocharis arfaki"
* Crested Berrypecker "Paramythia montium"

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.

External links

* [http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/painted_berrypeckers.html Bird Families of the World: Painted berrypeckers]


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