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Meliphagidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178808

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Honeyeaters [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyMeliphagidae  – Honeyeaters  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAcanthagenys Gould, 1838  
                               GenusAcanthorhynchus Gould, 1837  
                               GenusAnthochaera Vigors & Horsfield, 1827  
                               GenusAnthornis G. R. Gray, 1840  
                               GenusAshbyia North, 1911  
                               GenusBolemoreus Nyári & Joseph, 2011  
                               GenusCaligavis Iredale, 1956  
                               GenusCerthionyx R. Lesson, 1830  
                               GenusCissomela Bonaparte, 1854  
                               GenusConopophila Reichenbach, 1852  
                               GenusEntomyzon Swainson, 1825  
                               GenusEpthianura Gould, 1838  
                               GenusFoulehaio Reichenbach, 1852 – Wattled Honeyeaters 
                               GenusGavicalis Schodde & I. J. Mason, 1999  
                               GenusGliciphila Swainson, 1837  
                               GenusGlycichaera Salvadori, 1878  
                               GenusGlycifohia Mathews, 1929  
                               GenusGrantiella Mathews, 1911  
                               GenusGuadalcanaria E. Hartert, 1929  
                               GenusGymnomyza Reichenow, 1914 – Maos 
                               GenusLichenostomus Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusLichmera Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusMacgregoria De Vis, 1897  
                               GenusManorina Vieillot, 1818  
                               GenusMeliarchus Salvadori, 1880  
                               GenusMelidectes P. L. Sclater, 1874  
                               GenusMelilestes Salvadori, 1876  
                               GenusMelionyx Iredale, 1956  
                               GenusMeliphacator Mathews, 1930  
                               GenusMeliphaga Lewin, 1808  
                               GenusMelipotes P. L. Sclater, 1874  
                               GenusMelithreptus Vieillot, 1816  
                               GenusMelitograis Sundevall, 1872  
                               GenusMicroptilotis Mathews, 1912  
                               GenusMyza A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895  
                               GenusMyzomela Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 – Cardinal Honeyeaters 
                               GenusNesoptilotis Mathews, 1913  
                               GenusOreornis van Oort, 1910  
                               GenusPhilemon Vieillot, 1816  
                               GenusPhylidonyris R. Lesson, 1830  
                               GenusPlectorhyncha Gould, 1838  
                               GenusProsthemadera G. R. Gray, 1840  
                               GenusPtiloprora De Vis, 1894  
                               GenusPtilotula Mathews, 1912  
                               GenusPurnella Mathews, 1914  
                               GenusPycnopygius Salvadori, 1880  
                               GenusRamsayornis Mathews, 1912  
                               GenusStomiopera Reichenbach, 1852  
                               GenusStresemannia Meise, 1950  
                               GenusSugomel Mathews, 1922  
                               GenusTerritornis Mathews, 1924  
                               GenusTimeliopsis Salvadori, 1876  
                               GenusTrichodere North, 1912  
                               GenusVosea Gilliard, 1960  
                               GenusXanthotis Reichenbach, 1852  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Meliphagidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Meliphagidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Meliphagidae   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 12.1), website (version 12.1)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 21 Jan, 2022]   
  Reference for: Meliphagidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Meliphagidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.05.28, website (version 28-May-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Meliphagidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Meliphagidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and L. Christidis, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 2 Passerines   
  Page(s): lii + 752   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861122   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Meliphagidae   
       

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