Meliphagidae

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Meliphagidae is a family of birds commonly known as honeyeaters, primarily found in Australasia and characterized by their specialized brush-tipped tongues for feeding on nectar.

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Meliphagidae canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family
taxon
class Aves
commonName honeyeaters
conservationStatus family includes species of least concern to threatened
describedBy Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Thomas Horsfield
distributionCharacteristic center of diversity in Australia
ecologicalRole important pollinators of native plants
feedingAdaptation gleaning insects from foliage
nectarivory
hasMorphologicalFeature brush-tipped tongue
often decurved bill
often dull or olive plumage with yellow or white markings
usually slender body
includesGenus Acanthorhynchus
Anthochaera
Hymenolaimus
surface form: Entomyzon

Gavicalis
Lichenostomus
Lichmera
Manorina
Meliphaga
Myzomela
Notiomystis
Phylidonyris
Prosthemadera
Anthochaera
surface form: Ptilotula

Xanthotis
kingdom Animalia
nativeRange Australia
Fiji
Micronesia
New Caledonia
New Guinea
New Zealand
Pacific islands
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor
Tonga
Vanuatu
Wallacea
parts of Indonesia
notableSpecies Bell miner (Manorina melanophrys)
New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala)
Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
primaryDiet nectar
primaryHabitat forests
gardens
shrublands
woodlands
reproductiveBehavior build cup-shaped nests
secondaryDiet fruits
insects
socialBehavior often territorial around food sources
suborder Passeri
superfamily Meliphagoidea
taxonomicNote family boundaries and generic limits have been revised with molecular studies
typeSpeciesGenus Meliphaga
vocalization often loud and complex calls
yearDescribed 1827

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aves hasSubgroup Meliphagidae
Maluridae closelyRelatedTo Meliphagidae
Meliphagoidea containsTaxon Meliphagidae
tūī family Meliphagidae
Kadavu honeyeater family Meliphagidae