Biology:List of honeyeaters

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Honeyeaters and the Australian chats make up the family Meliphagidae. They are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea.

Family: Meliphagidae[1]

Yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/honeyeaters/. Retrieved 28 January 2016. 

Further reading

Andersen, M.J.; Naikatini, A.; Moyle, R.C. (2014). "A molecular phylogeny of Pacific honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) reveals extensive paraphyly and an isolated Polynesian radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 308-315. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.014. PMID 24315868.