Biology:Sooty honeyeater
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Short description: Species of bird
| Sooty honeyeater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melionyx |
| Species: | M. fuscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melionyx fuscus (De Vis, 1897)
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Melidectes fuscus | |
The sooty honeyeater (Melionyx fuscus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Melidectes. It was moved to the resurrected genus Melionyx based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019. At the same time the common name was changed from "sooty melidectes" to "sooty honeyeater".[2][3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Melionyx fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22704252A130258345. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704252A130258345.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22704252/130258345. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Andersen, M.J.; McCullough, J.M.; Friedman, N.R.; Peterson, A.T.; Moyle, R.G.; Joseph, L.; Nyári, A.S. (2019). "Ultraconserved elements resolve genus-level relationships in a major Australasian bird radiation (Aves: Meliphagidae)". Emu 119 (3): 218–232. doi:10.1080/01584197.2019.1595662.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (2020). "Honeyeaters". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/honeyeaters/.
Wikidata ☰ Q849125 entry
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