Melanocharis
Sign in to saveMelanocharis is a genus of birds in the berrypecker and longbill family Melanocharitidae that are endemic to New Guinea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMelanocharitidae
Observations recorded9,208
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Melanocharitidae
- Collections
- LACM, CLO
- Recorded in
- Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea
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Melanocharis is a genus of birds in the berrypecker and longbill family Melanocharitidae that are endemic to New Guinea.
==Taxonomy== The genus Melanocharis was introduced in 1858 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater to accommodate a single species, Dicaeum niger Lesson, the black berrypecker. This is the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek μελας/melas, μελανος/melanos meaning "black" with χαρις/kharis, χαριτος/kharitos meaning "beauty".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melanocharis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.