Meliphagidae sunt magna et variafamilia parvarum ad mediarumavium inAustralia etNova Guinea longe lateque diffusarum, sed etiam inNova Zelandia,Insulis Pacificis usque adSamoam etTongam, et insulis in septentrionalibus occidentalibusque Novae GuineaeWallacea appellatis inventarum.Bali, in ulterioreLinea Wallacea, unam speciem habet.
Sunt 182 species in 42generibus perscriptae, quarum fere dimidia pars est in Australiaendemica; multae aliae species in Nova Guineahabitant. Meliphagidae cum familiis artissime cognatis,Maluridis,Pardalotidis, etAcanthizidis, suntsuperfamiliaMeliphagoidea, quae in primapasseriformiumoscinorum radiatione orta est.[4]
Quamquam meliphagidae videntur et se gerunt sicut aliipasseriformes quinectar comedunt (praecipueNectariniidae etDicaeidae), non sunt cognatae, et similitudines sunt effectusevolutionis convergentis.
Nexus interni
- ↑In Sibley & Monroe 1990 perscripta.
- ↑2.02.1Recentiores investigationes moleculares phylogeneticae a Driskell & Christidis 2004 factae hoc genus non essemonophyleticum probant.
- ↑Recentiores investigationes moleculares phylogeneticae a Driskell & Christidis 2004 factaeXanthomyzam phrygiam in genereAnthochaera recte comprehendi probant; haec ergo species in proximo avium Australiae indiceAnthochaera phrygia perscribetur (L. Christidis, pers. comm.)
- ↑Barkeret al. 2004.
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