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Spotted Berrypecker

Rhamphocharis piperata (De Vis, CW 1898)

The spotted berrypecker is a species of bird in the family Melanocharitidae. It is found in New Guinea. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the thick-billed berrypecker, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. The name "spotted berrypecker" references the spotted plumage that the female bird has. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Melanocharitidae
Genus:
   Rhamphocharis
Scientific:
  Rhamphocharis piperata


Original description

Citation:
  (De Vis, CW 1898)

Reference:
   Annual Rep. Brit. New Guinea 1896-1897, Append.

Protonym:
  Ptilotis piperata

Type locality:
  Suku, Vanapa Valley, southeastern New Guinea.

Link:
  https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1898No23p41-96.pdf#page=46


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  23BC4AD759F323A7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-23BC4AD7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/23BC4AD7


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 920532

Geographic range:

  • Rhamphocharis piperata: montane east-central and northeastern (Huon Peninsula) and southeastern New Guinea
  • Rhamphocharis piperata piperata: mountains of southeastern New Guinea
  • Rhamphocharis piperata viridescens: southeastern New Guinea (Herzog Mountains)
English:
Spotted Berrypecker
German:
Langschnabel-Beerenpicker
Spanish:
Picabayas moteado
French:
Piquebaie de De Vis
Croatian:
zelenoleđa papuanka
Dutch:
Gevlekte Bessenpikker
Norwegian:
langnebbærfugl
Polish:
jagodziak długodzioby
Portuguese:
pica-bagas-sarapintado
Portuguese (Portugal):
pica-bagas-pintalgado
Slovak:
bobuliarka perlavá
Swedish:
prickig bärpickare
Chinese:
斑啄果鸟


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Spotted Berrypecker [piperata or viridescens] ( Rhamphocharis crassirostris [piperata or viridescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Spotted Berrypecker [piperata or viridescens] ( Rhamphocharis crassirostris [piperata or viridescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Spotted Berrypecker [piperata or viridescens] ( Rhamphocharis crassirostris [piperata or viridescens])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Spotted Berrypecker [piperata or viridescens] ( Rhamphocharis crassirostris [piperata or viridescens])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Melanocharis piperata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Melanocharis piperata) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted) ( Melanocharis crassirostris piperata/viridescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted) ( Melanocharis crassirostris piperata/viridescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted) ( Melanocharis crassirostris piperata/viridescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted) ( Melanocharis crassirostris piperata/viridescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted) ( Melanocharis crassirostris piperata/viridescens) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Melanocharis piperata) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Melanocharis piperata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Spotted Berrypecker ( Rhamphocharis piperata) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Rhamphocharis [crassirostris or piperata] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


German: Fleckenbeerenpicker (piperata/viridescens), Langschnabel-Beerenpicker
English: Spotted Berrypecker, Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted), Spotted Berrypecker [piperata or viridescens]
English, HBW: Spotted Berrypecker
English (IOC): Spotted Berrypecker, Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted)
English (United States): Spotted Berrypecker (Spotted)
Spanish: Picabayas moteado, Picabayas Moteado (piperata/viridescens)
Spanish (Spain): Picabayas moteado (piperata/viridescens)
French: Piquebaie de De Vis, Piquebaie tacheté (piperata), Piquebaie tacheté [piperata or viridescens], Piquebaie tacheté [piperata ou viridescens]
Croatian: zelenoleđa papuanka
Japanese (romaji): mesuboshihanadori (piperata/viridescens)
Japanese: メスボシハナドリ (piperata/viridescens), メスボシハナドリ(piperata/viridescens)
Scientific: Melanocharis crassirostris piperata/viridescens, Melanocharis piperata, Ptilotis piperata, Rhamphocharis crassirostris [piperata or viridescens], Rhamphocharis crassirostris piperata, Rhamphocharis piperata
Dutch: Gevlekte Bessenpikker
Norwegian: langnebbærfugl, langnebbærfugl (piperata/viridescens)
Polish: jagodziak długodzioby, jagodziak wielkodzioby (piperata/viridescens)
Portuguese: pica-bagas-sarapintado
Portuguese (Portugal): pica-bagas-de-bico-grosso (piperata/viridescens), pica-bagas-pintalgado
Russian: Пятнистая ягодница (piperata/viridescens)
Slovak: bobuliarka perlavá, bobuliarka perlavá (skup.)
Swedish: prickig bärpickare, prickig bärpickare (Prickig)
Turkish: Kalın gagalı meyvekuşu (piperata/viridescens)
Chinese: 斑啄果鸟

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