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Mottled berryhunter

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Mottled berryhunter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhagologidae
Genus: Rhagologus
Stresemann & Paludan, 1934
Species:
R. leucostigma
Binomial name
Rhagologus leucostigma
(Salvadori, 1876)

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Rhagologus leucostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22705411A118733758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705411A118733758.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Rhagologus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2014.