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.
Facts
Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (Wikipedia)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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 Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Meliphagidae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 195
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Meliphagidae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Meliphagidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 0.129 ... "early_interval": "Late Pleistocene"
Wikidata: Meliphagidae
Wikidata Q211670, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Tui
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, Lead
Like the other members of its family, the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō was previously regarded as a member of the Australo-Pacific honeyeaters (family Meliphagidae).
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