The mottled berryhunter or mottled whistler (Rhagologus leucostigma) is a species of bird whose relationships are unclear but is most likely related to the woodswallows, boatbills and butcherbirds. It is monotypic within the genus Rhagologus and family Rhagologidae.[2] It is found in the highlands of New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]
| Mottled berryhunter | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Malaconotoidea |
| Family: | Rhagologidae |
| Genus: | Rhagologus Stresemann & Paludan, 1934 |
| Species: | R. leucostigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhagologus leucostigma (Salvadori, 1876) | |
References
edit- 1 2 BirdLife International (2024). "Rhagologus leucostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T22705411A264293892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22705411A264293892.en.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Rhagologus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2