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Melanocharis arfakiana (Finsch, 1900)

Obscure berrypecker

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1933

Rediscovered in 1992

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

 

Distribution

Indonesia & Papua New Guinea

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Finsch (1900) NotesLeydenMus. 22 no.1&2 p.70


Other references:

BirdLife International. (2016). Melanocharis arfakiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22718134A104735100. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718134A104735100.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.

Coates, B. J. 1990. The birds of Papua New Guinea, 2: passerines. Dove, Alderley, Australia.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Gregory, P. 1993. An unidentified berrypecker Melanocharis sp. from the Ok Tedi area. Muruk 6(1): 33.

Gregory, P. 1995. Further studies of the birds of the Ok Tedi area, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Muruk 7(1): 1-38.

Murray, A. 1988. A study of the birds of the Tabubil region, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Muruk 3(3): 89-117.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

 

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