Eastern Crested Berrypecker (Paramythia montium)

Eastern Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Paramythia montium and P. olivacea (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. montium following Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km²)	178,000	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	unknown		not applicable	-
Generation length (years)	6.7	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally common, although abundant at higher altitudes (Coates 1990).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Indonesia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	2150 - 4100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Paramythia montium. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/eastern-crested-berrypecker-paramythia-montium on 01/10/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 01/10/2023.