Neodrepanis

Genus of birds

Neodrepanis
Common sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Philepittidae
Genus: Neodrepanis
Sharpe, 1875[1]
Type species
Neodrepanis coruscans[2]
Sharpe, 1875

Neodrepanis is a bird genus in the family Philepittidae.

Etymology

Neodrepanis: Greek: νεος neos "new, strange"; δρεπανη drepanē, δρεπανης drepanēs "scimitar"[3]

Species

It contains the following species:

Genus NeodrepanisSharpe, 1875 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Common sunbird-asity

Neodrepanis coruscans
Sharpe, 1875
Madagascar Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity

Neodrepanis hypoxantha
Salomonsen, 1933
Madagascar Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 VU 


References

  1. ^ Sharpe, R.B. (1875). "Contributions of the Ornithology of Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 43: 75. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  2. ^ "Philepittidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  3. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

External links

  • Media related to Neodrepanis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Neodrepanis at Wikispecies
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Neodrepanis


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