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Taxonomic note
This new species was described by Milá et al. (2021) from mountains in the Bomberai and Onin Peninsulas in south-west New Guinea (West Papua province, Indonesia). It can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by the satin-white underparts, washed lemon yellow. It has a white outer vane of the outermost rectrix, compared to the two outermost rectrices in M. longicauda, which is also smaller and has yellowish-grey underparts. M. versteri has a longer tail with more extensive white patches on several external rectrices, and grey underparts.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	5,200 km2
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	1,900 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.15 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	1-2	-	-	-

Population justification: The population size has not been estimated. The species has a rather small range, but it is described as 'fairly common' (Diamond and Bishop 2015), while Milá et al. (2021) noted that they mist-netted four individuals in their 23 days of field work and described it as 'uncommon' at sites they visited.

Trend justification: There are no population trend data available for this species. Forest loss within its mapped range is minimal (<1% between 2011 and 2021; Global Forest Watch 2022, using data from Hansen et al. [2013] and methods disclosed therein) and there are no other known threats. Consequently while there remains uncertainty surrounding the threats of this species, there is no reason at present to believe the trend is anything but stable.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	900 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Satin Berrypecker Melanocharis citreola. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/satin-berrypecker-melanocharis-citreola on 26/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/11/2024.