Western Crested Berrypecker

Western Crested BerrypeckerThe PTFI Mimika guide uses the older combined name Paramythia (montium) olivacea. In its 2023 taxonomy, eBird separates Western and Eastern Crested Berrypeckers and places the western species in central New Guinea’s mountains. The guide’s plumage and habitat notes are local to Mimika.What does it look like?The Mimika guide describes a blue body and tail, green wings, yellow undertail, dark face and black-and-white crest. The current eBird taxonomy distinguishes the western species by its black nape.How does it live?The PTFI Mimika guide uses the older combined name Paramythia (montium) olivacea. In its 2023 taxonomy, eBird separates Western and Eastern Crested Berrypeckers and places the western species in central New Guinea’s mountains. The guide’s plumage and habitat notes are local to Mimika.For the Mimika highlands, the guide lists upper-montane and subalpine forest and shrubland near the tree line.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.