Mottled berryhunter

The mottled berryhunter or mottled whistler (Rhagologus leucostigma) is a species of bird whose relationships are unclear but is most likely related to the woodswallows, boatbills and butcherbirds. It is monotypic within the genus Rhagologus and family Rhagologidae.^[2] It is found in the highlands of New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.^[1]

Mottled berryhunter
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Rhagologidae
Genus:	Rhagologus Stresemann & Paludan, 1934
Species:	R. leucostigma
Binomial name
Rhagologus leucostigma (Salvadori, 1876)

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Rhagologus leucostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22705411A118733758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22705411A118733758.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "ITIS Report: Rhagologus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

• del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2