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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Eurylaimides
Superfamilia: Eurylaimoidea
Familia: Philepittidae
Genus: Neodrepanis
Species: N. coruscans - N. hypoxantha

Name

Neodrepanis Sharpe, 1875
References

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt1 p. 75

Vernacular names
suomi: Mesitit

Neodrepanis is a bird genus in the family Philepittidae.
Etymology

Neodrepanis: Greek: νεος neos “new, strange”; δρεπανη drepanē, δρεπανης drepanēs “scimitar”[2]
Species

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Sunbird Asity fem - Ranomafana - Madagascar S4E8078 (15286125391) (2).jpg Neodrepanis coruscans Common sunbird-asity Madagascar
Yellow bellied Asity12.jpg Neodrepanis hypoxantha Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity Madagascar

References

Sharpe, R.B. (1875). "Contributions of the Ornithology of Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 43: 75. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (2018) (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

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