The short-bearded honeyeater (Melionyx nouhuysi) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is found mainly in West Papua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melionyx |
| Species: | M. nouhuysi
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| Melionyx nouhuysi (van Oort, 1910)
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Melidectes nouhuysi | |
This species was formerly placed in the genus Melidectes. It was moved to the resurrected genus Melionyx based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019. At the same time the common name was changed from "short-bearded melidectes" to "short-bearded honeyeater".[2][3]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Melionyx nouhuysi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22704260A130258572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704260A130258572.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Andersen, M.J.; McCullough, J.M.; Friedman, N.R.; Peterson, A.T.; Moyle, R.G.; Joseph, L.; Nyári, A.S. (2019). "Ultraconserved elements resolve genus-level relationships in a major Australasian bird radiation (Aves: Meliphagidae)". Emu. 119 (3): 218–232. doi:10.1080/01584197.2019.1595662. S2CID 150056949.218-232&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/01584197.2019.1595662&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:150056949#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Andersen&rft.aufirst=M.J.&rft.au=McCullough, J.M.&rft.au=Friedman, N.R.&rft.au=Peterson, A.T.&rft.au=Moyle, R.G.&rft.au=Joseph, L.&rft.au=Nyári, A.S.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Short-bearded honeyeater" class="Z3988">
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Honeyeaters". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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