Biology:Neodrepanis
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Neodrepanis | |
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| Common sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis coruscans) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Philepittidae |
| Genus: | Neodrepanis Sharpe, 1875[1] |
| Type species | |
| Neodrepanis coruscans[2] Sharpe, 1875
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Neodrepanis is a bird genus in the family Philepittidae.
Etymology
Neodrepanis: Greek: νεος neos "new, strange"; δρεπανη drepanē, δρεπανης drepanēs "scimitar"[3]
Species
It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Neodrepanis coruscans | Common sunbird-asity | Madagascar |
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Neodrepanis hypoxantha | Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity | Madagascar |
References
- ↑ Sharpe, R.B. (1875). "Contributions of the Ornithology of Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 43: 75. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90418#page/129/mode/1up. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ↑ "Philepittidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=101.
- ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/neodrepanis.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q584827 entry
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