Thick-billed Berrypecker

Melanocharis crassirostris (Salvadori, 1876)

18 gWeight

Where and when it's recorded

No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.

Questions

How big is the Thick-billed Berrypecker?

The Thick-billed Berrypecker weighs around 18 g.

Where does the Thick-billed Berrypecker live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: montane northwestern, central New Guinea.

What does the Thick-billed Berrypecker eat?

Main food: Fruit.

What family is the Thick-billed Berrypecker in?

It belongs to the family Berrypeckers, Longbills (Melanocharitidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Weight: 18 g
Habitat: Forest
Diet: Fruit
Lifestyle: Perches in trees
Migration: Resident (barely migrates)

More measurements

Wing: 70 mm
Tail: 53 mm
Bill: 19 mm
Tarsus: 19 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Australasia: montane northwestern, central New Guinea

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order: Passerines Passeriformes
Family: Berrypeckers, Longbills Melanocharitidae
Genus: Melanocharis

Other birds in the genus Melanocharis

Obscure BerrypeckerMelanocharis arfakiana

Mid-mountain BerrypeckerMelanocharis longicauda

Black BerrypeckerMelanocharis nigra

Fan-tailed BerrypeckerMelanocharis versteri

Streaked BerrypeckerMelanocharis striativentris

Satin BerrypeckerMelanocharis citreola

Spotted BerrypeckerMelanocharis piperata

Spectacled LongbillOedistoma iliolophus

Pygmy LongbillOedistoma pygmaeum

Yellow-bellied LongbillToxorhamphus novaeguineae

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