| Painted berrypeckers | |
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| Eastern crested berrypecker (P. montium) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Orioloidea |
| Family: | Paramythiidae P.L. Sclater, 1893 |
| Genera | |
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Oreocharis (Salvadori, 1876), | |
The painted berrypeckers, Paramythiidae, are a very small bird family restricted to the mountain forests of New Guinea. The family comprises three species in two genera: the tit berrypecker (Oreocharis arfaki) in Oreocharis, and the eastern crested berrypecker (Paramythia montium) and western crested berrypecker (Paramythia olivacea) in Paramythia.[1][2] These are colourful medium-sized birds which feed on fruit and some insects. These species were formerly included in the Dicaeidae, but DNA–DNA hybridization studies showed these species were related to each other but distinct from the flowerpeckers. Some sources[3] group painted berrypeckers as two genera belonging to the berrypecker family Melanocharitidae.
- ^ Coates, Brian (2008), "Family Paramythiidae (Painted berrypeckers)", in Josep, del Hoyo; Andrew, Elliott; David, Christie (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 340–349, ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ^ "Crested Berrypecker". Avibase. Retrieved 19 February 2017.