Biology:Neodrepanis

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Short description: Genus of birds

Neodrepanis
Neodrepanis coruscans.jpg
Common sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
Scientific classification e
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

Neodrepanis: Greek: νεος neos "new, strange"; δρεπανη drepanē, δρεπανης drepanēs "scimitar"[3]

Species

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Sunbird Asity fem - Ranomafana - Madagascar S4E8078 (15286125391) (2).jpg Neodrepanis coruscans Common sunbird-asity Madagascar
Yellow bellied Asity12.jpg Neodrepanis hypoxantha Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity Madagascar

References

  1. 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. 
  2. "Philepittidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=101. 
  3. 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