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Xanthotis is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyMeliphagidae
Observations recorded41,543

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
36
Family
Meliphagidae
Collections
DMNH, ANWC, NMV, KU, BPBM, ANSP
Recorded in
Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Meliphagidae
Image
PtilotisPolygrammaSmit.jpg
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endemic to
Australia
Commons category
Xanthotis
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Xanthotis
taxon name
Xanthotis
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Xanthotis is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

The genus contains three species: Spotted honeyeater (Xanthotis polygrammus) Macleay's honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) Tawny-breasted honeyeater (Xanthotis flaviventer)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xanthotis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.