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Mottled Berryhunter
Rhagologus leucostigma (Salvadori, 1876)
Rhagologidae — Mottled Berryhunter
Mottled Berryhunter, Rhagologus leucostigma, is a bird of montane New Guinea in Australasia, where it breeds in the highlands. It belongs to the family Rhagologidae and is the only species placed in its genus. Its position among birds has not been settled, though it is thought to be closest to the woodswallows, boatbills and butcherbirds. It was described by Salvadori in 1876. The bird is associated with moist montane forest in subtropical or tropical conditions.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhagologidae — Mottled Berryhunter
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane New Guinea
