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found in two genera, the greater melampitta in the genus Megalampitta and the lesser melampitta in the genus Melampitta. They are little studied and before...

New Guinea. It is the only species in the genus Melampitta. It is now classified (with the greater melampitta) in the family Melampittidae, but in some...

placed in the genus Melampitta with the lesser melampitta. Formerly classified as a bird-of-paradise, the little-known greater melampitta has an uncertain...

Pitohui is a genus of birds endemic to New Guinea. The birds formerly lumped together as pitohuis were found by a 2008 study that examined their evolutionary...

Cissa is a genus of relatively short-tailed magpies, sometimes known as hunting cissas, that reside in the forests of tropical and subtropical southeast...

– Wallace's fairywren Genus Stipiturus – emu-wren Family Melampittidae Genus Megalampitta - greater melampitta Genus Melampitta Family Melanocharitidae...

Pica is a genus of seven species of birds in the family Corvidae in both the New World and the Old. It is one of several corvid genera whose members are...

considered potential members of this family. The two species in the genus Melampitta, also from New Guinea, have been linked with the birds-of-paradise...

Vireo is a genus of small passerine birds restricted to the New World. Vireos typically have dull greenish plumage (hence the name, from Latin virere...

a toxic species. An example of this is the non-toxic juvenile greater melampitta, which has plumage similar to the hooded pitohui. There have also been...

Jackdaws are two species of bird in the genus Coloeus closely related to, but generally smaller than, crows and ravens (Corvus). They have a blackish...

nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of three species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. The genus Nucifraga was introduced...

Platysmurus is a genus of treepie in the family Corvidae. It contains the following species: "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics...

The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. There are about 15 species, occurring mainly...

Cyanopica is a genus of magpie in the family Corvidae. They belong to a common lineage with the genus Perisoreus. The genus Cyanopica was introduced in...

only species placed in the genus Vanga that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The genus name Vanga is the Malagasy...

Diphyllodes is a genus of birds-of-paradise. Established by René-Primevère Lesson in 1834, it contains two species: the magnificent bird-of-paradise and...

Coracornis is a genus of birds in the family Pachycephalidae. The two species are found in Indonesia. Formerly, the genus Coracornis was considered to...

Pseudorectes is a bird genus in the family Pachycephalidae endemic to New Guinea. It contains the following species: White-bellied pitohui (Pseudorectes...

composed of a single genus, Aegithina. They were formerly grouped with the leafbirds and fairy-bluebirds, in the family Irenidae. The genus Aegithina was introduced...