Species profile
Black Berrypecker
Melanocharis nigra
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are New Guinea and w satellites.
- Scientific name
- Melanocharis nigra
- Family
- Melanocharitidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Melanocharis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black Berrypecker in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Melanocharitidae
- Fan-tailed Berrypecker (Melanocharis versteri)
- Melanocharis chloroptera (Melanocharis chloroptera)
- Mid-mountain Berrypecker (Melanocharis longicauda)
- Obscure Berrypecker (Melanocharis arfakiana)
- Pygmy Longbill (Oedistoma pygmaeum)
- Satin Berrypecker (Melanocharis citreola)
- Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus)
- Spectacled Longbill (Oedistoma iliolophus)