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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Chatham Island Bellbird
Description
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Family Meliphagidae
A Family of small birds from Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand that feed on nectar with brush-tipped tongues. Unlike hummingbirds, they cannot hover very well in flight.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Corvida
()
- Superfamily:
Meliphagoidea
()
- Family:
Meliphagidae
()
-
- Honeyeaters and Chats
- Genus:
Anthornis
()
- (Sparrman, 1786)
- Specific name:
melanocephala
- G. R. Gray 1843
- Scientific name: - Anthornis melanocephala G.R. Gray, 1843
- Specific name:
melanocephala
- G. R. Gray 1843
- Genus:
Anthornis
(
- Family:
Meliphagidae
(
- Superfamily:
Meliphagoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Corvida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Anthornis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. melanocephala (Chatham Island Bellbird) · A. melanura (New Zealand Bellbird) · A. melanura melanocephala · A. melanura melanura (New Zealand Bellbird) · A. melanura obscura · A. melanura oneho
More Info
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Further Reading
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- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Anthornis melanocephala. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5987124
- IUCN ID: 40153
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 629368
