Sooty honeyeater

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Sooty honeyeater
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melionyx
Species:
M. fuscus
Binomial name
Melionyx fuscus
(De Vis, 1897)
Synonyms

Melidectes fuscus

The sooty honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Melidectes . It was moved to the resurrected genus Melionyx based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019. At the same time the common name was changed from "sooty melidectes" to "sooty honeyeater". [2] [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Melionyx fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22704252A130258345. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704252A130258345.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Andersen, M.J.; McCullough, J.M.; Friedman, N.R.; Peterson, A.T.; Moyle, R.G.; Joseph, L.; Nyári, A.S. (2019). "Ultraconserved elements resolve genus-level relationships in a major Australasian bird radiation (Aves: Meliphagidae)". Emu. 119 (3): 218–232. doi:10.1080/01584197.2019.1595662. S2CID   150056949.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Honeyeaters". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 February 2020.