Meliphagidae

The family of the méliphagidés (or Meliphagidae ) belongs to the class of the Oiseau X and to the order of the Passériformes.

Systematic position

Etymology

The surname comes from the Greek meliphago , word made up of meli (Miel) and phago (to eat). That refers to the behavior of the members of this family since they nourish primarily nectar flowers.

Biology

Alphabetical list of the kinds

Acanthogenys Gould, 1838
Acanthorhynchus Gould, 1837
Anthochaera Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Anthornis Gray, 1840
Apalopteron Bonaparte, 1854
Ashbyia North, 1911
Certhionyx Lesson, 1830
Chaetoptila Sclater, 1871
Conopophila Reichenbach, 1852
Entomyzon Swainson, 1825
Epthianura Gould, 1838
Foulehaio Reichenbach, 1852
Glycichaera Salvadori, 1878
Grantiella Mathews, 1911
Guadalcanaria Hartert, 1929
Gymnomyza Reichenow, 1914
Lichenostomus Cabanis, 1851
Lichmera Cabanis, 1851
Old-fashioned Manorina , 1818
Melidectes Sclater, 1873
Melilestes Salvadori, 1876
Meliphaga Lewin, 1808
Melipotes Sclater, 1873
Melithreptus Old-fashioned, 1816
Melitograis Sundevall, 1872
Moho ^† Lesson, 1830
Myza Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895
Myzomela Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Notiomystis Richmond, 1908
Oreornis Oort, 1910
Old-fashioned Philemon , 1816
Phylidonyris Lesson, 1830
Plectorhyncha Gould, 1838
Prosthemadera Gray, 1840
Ptiloprora Of Screw, 1894
Pycnopygius Salvadori, 1880
Ramsayornis Mathews, 1912
Stresemannia Meise, 1950
Timeliopsis Salvadori, 1876
Trichodere North, 1912
Xanthomyza Swainson, 1837
Xanthotis Reichenbach, 1852

List species

Moho de Kauai - Moho braccatus ^† (Cassin, 1855) - Kauai Oo
Moho d' Oahu - Moho apicalis ^† Gould, 1861 - Oahu Oo
Moho de Bishop - Moho bishopi ^† (Rothschild, 1893) - Bishop' S Oo
Moho of Hawaii - Moho nobilis nobilis ^† (Merrem, 1786) - Hawaii Oo
Méliphage kioéa - Chaetoptila angustipluma ^† (Peale, 1848) - Kioea
Méliphage hihi - Notiomystis cincta (Of the Bus of Gisignies, 1839) - Stitchbird
Méliphage moucheté - Xanthotis polygrammus (G.R. Gray, 1862) - Spotted Honeyeater
Méliphage de Macleay - Xanthotis macleayanus (E.P. Ramsay, 1875) - Macleay' S Honeyeater
Méliphage with belly deer - Xanthotis flaviventer (Lesson, 1828) - Tawny-breasted Honeyeater
Méliphage de Kandavu - Xanthotis provocator (E.L. Layard, 1875) - Kadavu Honeyeater
réticulé Méliphage - Lichenostomus (Meliphaga) reticulatus (Temminck, 1820) - Streaky-breasted Honeyeater
Méliphage with black throat - Lichenostomus subfrenatus (Salvadori, 1876) - Black-throated Honeyeater
obscure Méliphage - Lichenostomus obscurus (Of Screw, 1897) - Obscure Honeyeater
Méliphage attached - Lichenostomus frenatus (E.P. Ramsay, 1874) - Bridled Honeyeater
Méliphage de Hindwood - Lichenostomus hindwoodi (Longmore & Boles, 1983) - Eungella Honeyeater
Méliphage with gold cheeks - Lichenostomus chrysops (Latham, 1802) - Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Méliphage singer - Lichenostomus virescens (Old-fashioned, 1817) - Singing Honeyeater
vareigated Méliphage - Lichenostomus versicolor (Gould, 1843) - Varied Honeyeater
Méliphage of the mangroves - Lichenostomus fasciogularis (Gould, 1854) - Mangrove Honeyeater
Méliphage unicoloured - Lichenostomus unicolor (Gould, 1843) - White-gaped Honeyeater
Méliphage yellow - Lichenostomus flavus (Gould, 1843) - Yellow Honeyeater
Méliphage leucotic - Lichenostomus leucotis (Latham, 1802) - White-eared Honeyeater
Méliphage with yellow throat - Lichenostomus flavicollis (Old-fashioned, 1817) - Yellow-throated Honeyeater
horned Méliphage - Lichenostomus melanops (Latham, 1802) - Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

helmeted Méliphage - Lichenostomus melanops cassidix (Gould, 1867) - Helmeted Honeyeater

Méliphage grimé - Lichenostomus cratitius (Gould, 1841) - Purple-gaped Honeyeater
Méliphage with gray head - Lichenostomus keartlandi (North, 1895) - Grey-headed Honeyeater
decorated Méliphage - Lichenostomus ornatus (Gould, 1838) - Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
black Méliphage with plumet - Lichenostomus plumulus (Gould, 1841) - Grey-fronted Honeyeater
Méliphage grisâtre - Lichenostomus fuscus (Gould, 1837) - Fuscous Honeyeater
flavescent Méliphage - Lichenostomus flavescens (Gould, 1840) - Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
Méliphage crimped - Lichenostomus penicillatus (Gould, 1837) - White-plumed Honeyeater
Méliphage de Guadalcanal - Guadalcanaria inexpectata Hartert, 1929 - Guadalcanal Honeyeater
Méliphage of Snow - Oreornis chrysogenys Oort, 1910 - Orange-cheeked Honeyeater

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