Obscure Berrypecker

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When to see the Obscure Berrypecker

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Obscure Berrypecker

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Obscure Berrypecker

The obscure berrypecker is a small passerine bird from the berrypecker family Melanocharitidae. It was described by the German ornithologist Friedrich Finsch based on a specimen collected on the island of New Guinea ; collected in 1867 in the Arfak Mountains. Another specimen was collected in 1933 in the mountains northwest of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, these two specimens are the only confirmed records of the species. Unconfirmed sight records have been made in regions of New Guinea; these suggest that the species is not rare, and is a resident of disturbed forest, able to cope with human modification of its habitat.

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Easily confused with

Streaked BerrypeckerMelanocharis striativentrisThe streaked berrypecker is a species of bird in the family Melanocharitidae. Thick-billed BerrypeckerMelanocharis crassirostrisThe thick-billed berrypecker is a species of bird in the berrypecker and longbill family Melanocharitidae. Satin BerrypeckerMelanocharis citreolaAdults have a length of 13–14 cm (5.1–5.5 in); one adult male measured had a mass of 9.2 g (0.32 oz).