Melanorectes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corvoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Corvida Superfamilia: Corvoidea

Familia: Pachycephalidae
Genus: Melanorectes
Species: Melanorectes nigrescens

Name

Melanorectes Sharpe, 1877

• Typus: Rectes nigrescens Schlegel, 1871 = Melanorectes nigrescens

References

Primary references

• Sharpe, R.B. 1877. Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. Coliomorphae: Containing the Families Corvidae, Paradiseidae, Oriolidae, Dicruridae and Prionopidae. Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum. 3: i–xiii; 1–344; pl. 1–14. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8233 Reference page.  p. 289

Additional references

• Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M., Fuchs, J., Ericson, P.G.P, Christidis, L., Bowie, R.C.K. Norman, J.A., Pasquet, E. & Fjeldså, J. 2008. Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: Evidence from the Campephagidae and other crown Corvida (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(1): 221–236. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.017 Reference page. 
• Dumbacher, J.P., Deiner, K., Thompson, L. & Fleischer, R.C. 2008. Phylogeny of the avian genus Pitohui and the evolution of toxicity in birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(3): 774–781. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.018 Reference page. 
• Norman, J.A., Ericson, P.G.P., Jønsson, K.A., Fjeldså, J. & Christidis, L. 2009b. A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(2): 488–497. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019 Reference page. 
• Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Moyle, R.G., Christidis, L., Norman, J.A., Benz, B.W. & Fjeldså, J. 2010. Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography 37: 245–257. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02220.x Reference page. 

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