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- Melithreptus abstract "Melithreptus is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. Its members are native to Australia. It is generally considered to contain seven species, although some authors have classified the related Blue-faced Honeyeater within this genus.The genus was originally defined by French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1817. William John Swainson had coined the term Eidopsarus in 1837. He named the Black-headed Honeyeater Eidopsarus affinis in 1839, which Gould, likely unaware, described as Melithreptus melanocephalus in 1844.It has been further subdivided into two subgenera, Melithreptus and Eidopsarus based on foraging habits. Those of the former subgenus forage for insects in foliage or canopy, congregate in larger flocks, and are found in more open dry sclerophyll forests. They also have smaller feet and a less prominent or missing nuchal bar. Members of the subgenus Eidopsarus forage by probing for insects in bark of tree trunks and branches, generally in eucalypt forest and rainforest, and travel in small family groups. They have sturdier legs and feet and a more prominent nuchal band.Biologist Allen Keast studied the genus extensively across Australia, and noted that a member of each group were found together in many parts of the country, with the trunk-foraging species averaging 10% larger - thus the smaller lunatus occurs with the larger gularis, and this is most exaggerated in Tasmania, where the difference between affinis and validirostris is even more marked. Keast proposed that the two species were diversifying into other niches in the absence of other mainland trunk-feeding species, shriketits, treecreepers and sitella, in the case of validirostris, and smaller species with affinis. Furthermore, the bill of the shorter-billed taxon in areas where the trunk feeder was absent grew longer, as chloropsis did in Western Australia.Molecular markers show genus split from the ancestors of the Blue-faced Honeyeater somewhere between 12.8 and 6.4 million years ago in the Miocene epoch. That species differs from them in its much larger size, brighter plumage and more gregarious nature and larger patch of bare facial skin.The White-throated Honeyeater split off between 9 and 5 million years ago, independently of the other three members of the subgenus Melithreptus.The Strong-billed Honeyeater separated from the other members of Eidopsarus between 6.7 and 3.4 million years ago.Classically, six species have been recognised, but evidence published in 2010 confirms the distinct status of the Western White-naped Honeyeater. In former years, the Golden-backed Honeyeater (M. laetior) of northern Australia was considered distinct, but has a broad band over overlap (with intermediate forms) with the Black-chinned Honeyeater and is hence considered a subspecies of it.".
- Melithreptus class Bird.
- Melithreptus family Honeyeater.
- Melithreptus kingdom Animal.
- Melithreptus order Passerine.
- Melithreptus phylum Chordate.
- Melithreptus thumbnail Whitenapedhoneyeater.jpg?width=300.
- Melithreptus wikiPageID "12462602".
- Melithreptus wikiPageRevisionID "553785503".
- Melithreptus classis Bird.
- Melithreptus familia Honeyeater.
- Melithreptus genus "Melithreptus".
- Melithreptus genusAuthority "Vieillot, 1816".
- Melithreptus hasPhotoCollection Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus imageCaption White-naped_Honeyeater.
- Melithreptus ordo Passerine.
- Melithreptus phylum Chordate.
- Melithreptus regnum Animal.
- Melithreptus subject Category:Bird_genera.
- Melithreptus subject Category:Meliphagidae.
- Melithreptus subject Category:Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus type Abstraction100002137.
- Melithreptus type Category105838765.
- Melithreptus type Cognition100023271.
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- Melithreptus type GeneraOfBirds.
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- Melithreptus type Idea105833840.
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- Melithreptus type Animal.
- Melithreptus type Bird.
- Melithreptus type Eukaryote.
- Melithreptus type Species.
- Melithreptus type Organism.
- Melithreptus comment "Melithreptus is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. Its members are native to Australia. It is generally considered to contain seven species, although some authors have classified the related Blue-faced Honeyeater within this genus.The genus was originally defined by French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1817. William John Swainson had coined the term Eidopsarus in 1837.".
- Melithreptus label "Melithreptus".
- Melithreptus label "Melithreptus".
- Melithreptus label "Melithreptus".
- Melithreptus label "Melithreptus".
- Melithreptus label "Melithreptus".
- Melithreptus label "Melithreptus".
- Melithreptus sameAs Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus sameAs Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus sameAs Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus sameAs Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus sameAs Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus sameAs m.02w73_7.
- Melithreptus sameAs Q1079233.
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- Melithreptus sameAs Melithreptus.
- Melithreptus wasDerivedFrom Melithreptus?oldid=553785503.
- Melithreptus depiction Whitenapedhoneyeater.jpg.
- Melithreptus isPrimaryTopicOf Melithreptus.