Anthornis

Anthornis
New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Anthornis
G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
The New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)[1]
Species

Anthornis is a bird genus in the honeyeater family (Meliphagidae). Its members are called bellbirds. According to genetic data, it is a sister genus to Prosthemadera.[2]

It contains the following species:


They are named bellbirds because their call sounds like a bell. Young male bellbirds copy the calls of neighbouring older males. Sometimes two males can sing in almost perfect unison because one has been copying the other.

References

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  1. ^ "Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand" (PDF) (5th ed.). Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand. 2022. p. 203-204.
  2. ^ Higgins, P; Christidis, L; Ford, H (2020). del Hoyo, J; Elliott, A; Sargatal, J; Christie, D. A.; Juana, E. (eds.). "New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.nezbel1.01. S2CID 216316169.
  3. ^ Bartle, J. A.; Sagar, P. M. (1987). "Intraspecific variation in the New Zealand bellbird Anthornis melanura" (PDF). Notornis. 34: 253–306. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-03.