Tit berrypecker

The tit berrypecker (Oreocharis arfaki) is a species of bird in the family Paramythiidae. First described by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1875, it is monotypic within the genus Oreocharis. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands and more scarcely in northern parts of the island, in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Tit berrypecker
Illustration by John Gould and W. Hart
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paramythiidae
Genus: Oreocharis
Salvadori, 1876
Species:
O. arfaki
Binomial name
Oreocharis arfaki
(A.B. Meyer, 1875)
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