Glycifohia

Glycifohia is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

Glycifohia
Glycifohia undulata (Barred honeyeater)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Glycifohia
Mathews, 1929

The genus contains two species:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Glycifohia undulatusBarred honeyeaterNew Caledonia
Glycifohia notabilisWhite-bellied honeyeaterVanuatu

The name Glycifohia was first proposed by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1929.[2]

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. Mathews, Gregory (1929). "Glacifohia". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 50 (335): 11.


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