Conopophila
Appearance
Conopophila | |
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Rufous-banded honeyeater (Conopophila albogularis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Conopophila Reichenbach, 1852 |
Type species | |
Entomophila albogularis[1] Gould, 1843
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Conopophila is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It contains the following species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Conopophila albogularis | Rufous-banded honeyeater | New Guinea and northern Australia. |
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Conopophila rufogularis | Rufous-throated honeyeater | northern Australia. |
Conopophila whitei | Grey honeyeater | central Australia. |
The name is derived from the Greek word for gnat, conops, thus a lover of gnats.[3]



References
[edit]- ^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Conopophila". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Cayley, Neville W. (2011). Lindsey, Terence R. (ed.). What bird is that?: a completely revised and updated edition of the classic Australian ornithological work (Signature ed.). Walsh Bay, N.S.W.: Australia's Heritage Publishing. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-9870701-0-4.