Neodrepanis
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Neodrepanis | |
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Common sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis coruscans) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Philepittidae |
Genus: | Neodrepanis Sharpe, 1875[1] |
Type species | |
Neodrepanis coruscans[2] Sharpe, 1875 |
Neodrepanis is a bird genus in the family Philepittidae.
Etymology
[edit]Neodrepanis: Greek: νεος neos "new, strange"; δρεπανη drepanē, δρεπανης drepanēs "scimitar"[3]
Species
[edit]It contains the following species:
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Common sunbird-asity | Neodrepanis coruscans Sharpe, 1875 | Madagascar | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity | Neodrepanis hypoxantha Salomonsen, 1933 | Madagascar | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU
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References
[edit]- ^ Sharpe, R.B. (1875). "Contributions of the Ornithology of Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 43: 75. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ^ "Philepittidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Neodrepanis at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Neodrepanis at Wikispecies