Berrypeckers and Longbills
Melanocharitidae
The Melanocharitidae, the berrypeckers and longbills, is a small bird family restricted to the forests of New Guinea. The family contains ten species in four (sometimes three) genera. They are small songbirds with generally dull plumage but a range of body shapes.
3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Typical Berrypeckers
genusMelanocharis
Tube-tongued Longbills
genusToxorhamphus
Plumed Longbills
genusOedistoma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12146.