The eastern crested berrypecker is a species of bird in the family Paramythiidae. It is commonly found in the high montane forests and shrublands of New Guinea. There are two subspecies, Paramythia montium montium and Paramythia montium brevicauda. The former inhabits the eastern portion of the New Guinea Highlands while the latter can be found in the Huon Peninsula. The western crested berrypecker was formerly considered conspecific but was split from it in 2021. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
De Vis, CW 1892
Reference:
Annual Rep. Brit. New Guinea 1890-1891, Append.
App.cc p.95
Protonym:
Paramythia montium
Type locality:
Mt. Suckling, southeastern New Guinea.
Avibase ID:
42023AF55E004C2B
Avibase ID:
avibase-42023AF5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/42023AF5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561832
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Crested Berrypecker [montium or brevicauda] ( Paramythia montium [montium or brevicauda]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Crested Berrypecker [montium or brevicauda] ( Paramythia montium [montium or brevicauda]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Crested Berrypecker [montium or brevicauda] ( Paramythia montium [montium or brevicauda]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Crested Berrypecker [montium or brevicauda] ( Paramythia montium [montium or brevicauda]) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Crested Berrypecker (Eastern) ( Paramythia montium montium/brevicauda) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Crested Berrypecker (Eastern) ( Paramythia montium montium/brevicauda) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Crested Berrypecker (Eastern) ( Paramythia montium montium/brevicauda) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Crested Berrypecker (Eastern) ( Paramythia montium montium/brevicauda) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Crested Berrypecker (Eastern) ( Paramythia montium montium/brevicauda) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Paramythia montium montium [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Eastern Crested Berrypecker ( Paramythia montium) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Paramythia [montium or olivacea]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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