Motmot

Family

Tit Berrypecker and Crested Berrypecker

Paramythiidae

3 species with a page on Motmot.

Order: Passeriformes

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The painted berrypeckers, Paramythiidae, are a very small bird family restricted to the mountain forests of New Guinea. The family comprises three species in two genera: the tit berrypecker (Oreocharis arfaki) in Oreocharis, and the eastern crested berrypecker (Paramythia montium) and western crested berrypecker (Paramythia olivacea) in Paramythia. These are colourful medium-sized birds which feed on fruit and some insects.

Species in this family