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Meliphagidae (honeyeater)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Meliphagidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Meliphagidae Vigors
1982Meliphagidae Olson and James p. 38
1992Meliphagidae Baird p. 30
2003Meliphagidae Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 453
2017Meliphagidae Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyMeliphagidaeVigors 1825
familyMeliphagidaeVigors 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Meliphagidae Vigors 1825 [honeyeater]
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G. Anthochaera Vigors and Horsfield 1827
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Anthochaera carunculata Shaw 1790 [red wattlebird]
Anthochaera chrysoptera Latham 1802 [little wattlebird]
G. Anthornis Gray 1840
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†Anthornis melanocephala Gray 1843 [Chatham Island bellbird]
Anthornis melanura Sparrman 1786 [New Zealand bellbird]
G. Entomyzon Swainson 1825
G. Foulehaio Reichenbach 1852
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Foulehaio carunculatus Gmelin 1788 [eastern wattled-honeyeater]
G. Gavicalis Schodde and Mason 1999
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Gavicalis virescens Vieillot 1817 [singing honeyeater]
G. Lichenostomus Cabanis 1851
G. Manorina Vieillot 1818
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Manorina melanocephala Latham 1801 [noisy miner]
G. Meliphaga Lewin 1808
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Invalid names: Ptilotis Swainson 1837 [synonym]
G. Melithreptus Vieillot 1816
G. Myzomela Vigors and Horsfield 1827
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Myzomela cardinalis Gmelin 1788 [cardinal myzomela]
Myzomela rubratra Lesson 1827 [Micronesian myzomela]
G. Philemon Vieillot 1816
G. Prosthemadera Gray 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Manorina melanocephala (136157)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Anthornis melanura, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (87814) Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (87810)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Myzomela cardinalis, Foulehaio carunculata (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Philemon sp. (193428 193429 193430 193431 193432)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Anthornis melanura, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (182104)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga Foulehaio carunculata (194717) Myzomela cardinalis, Foulehaio carunculata (194698)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Cinclorhamphus mathewsi (194979)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Myzomela rubrata (194624 194627 194643 194647 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Anthornis melanura (194614 194616) Anthornis melanura, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (100554 198088) Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (194618 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Myzomela rubrata (208640 208643 208644)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Anthornis melanura (215415 215416 215580) Anthornis melanura, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (215387 215395 215418 215421) Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (215388 215389 215391 215403 215583 215617)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Anthochaera chrysoptera, Anthochaera carunculata (138410)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Foulehaio carunculata (194751) Myzomela cardinalis, Foulehaio carunculata (194700)