Glycifohia
Appearance
Glycifohia | |
---|---|
Glycifohia undulata (Barred honeyeater) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Glycifohia Mathews, 1929 |
Type species | |
Glyciphila notabilis[1] Sharpe, 1899
|
Glycifohia is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
The genus contains two species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
Glycifohia undulata | Barred honeyeater | New Caledonia | |
Glycifohia notabilis | White-bellied honeyeater | Vanuatu |
The name Glycifohia was first proposed by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1929.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Mathews, Gregory (1929). "Glacifohia". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 50 (335): 11.