New Zealand bellbird
| New Zealand bellbird | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Anthornis |
| Species: | A. melanura
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthornis melanura (Sparrman, 1786)
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The New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura), also known by its Māori names korimako and makomako, is a genus of passerine bird. It is from New Zealand. It is green and the only species in its genus, Anthornis that is not extinct.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Anthornis melanura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22704447A110985953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22704447A110985953.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Cook, James (1890). The Three Famous Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. London: Ward, Locke and Company. p. 165.
Further reading
- Higgins, P.J.; Peter, J.M.; Steele, W.K., eds. (2001). "Anthornis melanura Bellbird" (PDF). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 5: Tyrant-flycatchers to chats. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp. 1173–1191. ISBN 978-0-19-553258-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to the New Zealand bellbird.
- Holotype of Poor Knights bellbird Anthornis melanura oneho from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Specimens of New Zealand bellbird Anthornis melanura melanura from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Artist's depiction of Chatham Island bellbird Anthornis melanocephala Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Chatham Island Bellbird / Komako. by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the book Extinct Birds of New Zealand, by Alan Tennyson, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2006