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Meliphagidae

Bird Families

Honeyeaters, family Meliphagidae, are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds that includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. The family contains 186 species in 55 genera, roughly half of them native to Australia, with many others in New Guinea. Honeyeaters are also found in New Zealand, Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, the Indonesian islands of Wallacea, and a single species on Bali. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Family 2
Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Tui, Species
Source Wikidata: Tui
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: New Zealand, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Samoa, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Tonga, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ211670, descriptionView the Source
2. Honeyeater (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the Source
Wikidata: Tui
Parent Taxon Of: Tui, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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