Meliphagoidea
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Meliphagoidea is a superfamily of passerine birds. They contain a vast diversity of small to mid-sized songbirds widespread in the Austropacific region. The Australian Continent has the largest richne
Littlewattlebird 3
Eastern striated pardalote, Pardalotus striatus ornatus. Their molecular and morphological plesiomorphy has long misled researchers about the pardalotes' affiliations.
Australasian wren
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The Australasian wrens are a family, Maluridae, of small, insectivorous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. While commonly known as wrens, they are not closely related to the true wre
Meliphagoidea
…definition of a monophyletic Meliphagoidea based on cladistic analysis was made by ornithologists at the American Museum of Natural History. Family Maluridae: fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens (33 species) Family Dasyornithidae: bristlebirds. Formerly in Acanthizidae (3 species…
Superb fairywren male South Bruny
The plumage of the Eyrean grasswren is typical of the genus