Neodrepanis
Neodrepanis | |
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Common sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis coruscans) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Eurylaimidae |
Genus: | Neodrepanis Sharpe, 1875[1] |
Neodrepanis is a bird genus in the family Eurylaimidae.
Etymology
Neodrepanis: Greek: νεος neos “new, strange”; δρεπανη drepanē, δρεπανης drepanēs “scimitar”[2]
Species
It contains the following species:
- Common sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
- Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha)
References
- ↑ Sharpe, R.B. (1875). "Contributions of the Ornithology of Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 43: 75. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (2018). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
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