Mayrimunia

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Mayrimunia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Mayrimunia
Wolters, 1949
Type species
Lonchura tristissima
(streak-headed mannikin)
Wallace, 1865

Mayrimunia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are endemic to New Guinea.

The genus was introduced in 1949 by the German ornithologist Hans Edmund Wolters with the streak-headed mannikin as the type species. [1] [2] The name was chosen to honour the evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr and combines his name with the genus Munia. [3]

The two species now placed in genus were formerly placed in the genus Lonchura . They were moved to this resurrected genus based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020. [4]

Species

The genus contains two species: [5]

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References

  1. Wolters, Hans Edmund (1949). Beiträge zur Gattungssystematik der Vögel. Vol. 1. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers. p. 9.
  2. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 373.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 244. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146: 106757. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757 . PMID   32028027. S2CID   211048731.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (September 2023). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 September 2023.