Melanocharitidae

Berrypeckers and longbills
Slaty-headed longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Infraorder:	Passerida
Family:	Melanocharitidae Sibley & Ahlquist, 1985
Genera
Melanocharis Oedistoma Rhamphocharis Toxorhamphus

The Melanocharitidae, the berrypeckers and longbills, is a small bird family restricted to the forests of New Guinea. The family contains eleven species in four (sometimes three) genera. They are small songbirds with generally dull plumage but a range of body shapes.