Melanocharis

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| taxon = Melanocharis

| authority = P.L. Sclater, 1858

| type_species = Dicaeum niger{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=126 |title= Melanocharitidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}

| type_species_authority = Lesson, 1830

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Melanocharis is a genus of birds in the family Melanocharitidae that are endemic to New Guinea.

Species

The genus contains the following six species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Australasian babblers, log runners, satinbirds, berrypeckers, wattlebirds, whipbirds, jewel-babblers, quail-thrushes | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/au_babblers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=26 July 2021 }}

Obscure berrypecker (Melanocharis arfakiana)
Mid-mountain berrypecker (Melanocharis longicauda)
Black berrypecker (Melanocharis nigra)
Fan-tailed berrypecker (Melanocharis versteri)
Streaked berrypecker (Melanocharis striativentris)
Satin berrypecker (Melanocharis citreola)

References

Category:Bird genera

Category:Endemic birds of New Guinea

Category:Melanocharitidae

Category:Taxa named by Philip Sclater

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot