Oreoicidae
Sign in to saveOreoicidae is a newly recognized family of small insectivorous songbirds from New Guinea and Australia, commonly known as the Australo-Papuan bellbirds. The family contains three genera, each containing a single species: Aleadryas, which contains the rufous-naped bellbird; Ornorectes, which contains the piping bellbird; and Oreoica, which contains the crested bellbird.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyOreoicidae
Vogels De oreoica's (Oreoicidae) zijn een familie van zangvogels. Er zijn drie geslachten met ieder één soort:[1] Geslachten Aleadryas (1 soort: roodnekfluiter) Ornorectes (1 soort: kuifpitohui) Oreoica (1 soort: kuifdikkop) Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ Gill, F. & D. Donsker (Eds). (2014). IOC World Bird List (v 4.4).
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- Family
- Oreoicidae
- Collections
- ANWC
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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Oreoicidae is a newly recognized family of small insectivorous songbirds from New Guinea and Australia, commonly known as the Australo-Papuan bellbirds. The family contains three genera, each containing a single species: Aleadryas, which contains the rufous-naped bellbird; Ornorectes, which contains the piping bellbird; and Oreoica, which contains the crested bellbird.
==Taxonomy and systematics== The three species contained in the family have been moved around between different families for fifty years, including the Colluricinclidae (shrike-thrushes), Falcunculidae (shrike-tits) and Pachycephalidae (whistlers). A series of studies of the DNA of Australian birds between 2001 and 2006 found strong support for treating the three genera as a new family, which was formally named in 2016 (although the name had first been proposed by Sibley and Ahlquist in 1985).
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