Biology:Glycifohia

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Short description: Genus of birds

Glycifohia
Barred Honeyeater, Mount Koghi, New Caledonia (5848915851).jpg
Glycifohia undulata (Barred honeyeater)
Scientific classification e
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
Barred Honeyeater, Mount Koghi, New Caledonia (5848915851).jpg 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

  1. "Melaphagidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=119. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/honeyeaters/. Retrieved 28 January 2016. 
  3. Mathews, Gregory (1929). "Glacifohia". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 50 (335): 11. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40498322. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1011141 entry