Family
Berrypeckers and Longbills
Melanocharitidae
11 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The Melanocharitidae, the berrypeckers and longbills, is a small bird family restricted to the forests of New Guinea. The family contains eleven species in four (sometimes three) genera. They are small songbirds with generally dull plumage but a range of body shapes.
Species in this family
- Obscure Berrypecker Melanocharis arfakiana
- Satin Berrypecker Melanocharis citreola
- Thick-billed Berrypecker Melanocharis crassirostris
- Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Spotted Berrypecker Melanocharis piperata
- Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Slaty-chinned Longbill Toxorhamphus poliopterus