Melidectes
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melidectes
Species: M. belfordi – M. foersteri – M. leucostephes – M. ochromelas – M. rufocrissalis – M. torquatus
Species transferred to other genera:
Name
[edit]Melidectes P.L. Sclater, 1874
- Typus: Melidectes torquatus P.L. Sclater, 1874
Synonymy
[edit]- Melirrhophetes A.B. Meyer, 1875 Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 70 p. 110 BHL
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Sclater, P.L. 1873. Characters of new Species of Birds discovered in New Guinea by Signor d'Albertis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt.3: 690–698. BHL Reference page. p. 694
Additional references
[edit]- Andersen, M.J., Naikatini, A. & Moyle, R.G. 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 ResearchGate Reference page.
- 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 Reference page.