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)]