Manorina

Yellow-throated miners Manorina flavigula, photographed by Peter Strauss.

Belongs within: Meliphagidae.

Manorina, the miners, is a genus of stocky, mostly insectivorous birds found in Australia. Members of the genus have broad rounded wings, a yellow to red triangular patch of bare skin behind the eye, and yellow, slightly downcurved bills. The widespread yellow-throated miner M. flavigula is predominantly grey with yellow edges on the wing feathers and a black patch around the lower part of the eye.

<==Manorina Vieillot 1818 [Manorinidae] B94
    |  i. s.: M. melanotis JT12
    |--M. melanophrys JT12
    `--+--M. flavigula JT12
       |    |--M. f. flavigula M03
       |    |--M. f. lutea M03
       |    |--M. f. melvillensis M03
       |    |--M. f. obscura M03
       |    `--M. f. wayensis M03
       `--M. melanocephala (Latham 1802) JT12, CC10 (see below for synonymy)
            |--M. m. melanocephala M03
            `--M. m. crassirostris M03

Manorina melanocephala (Latham 1802) JT12, CC10 [=Gracula melanocephala CC10; incl. Merops garrulus Latham 1802 CC10, Myzantha garrula CC10]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4^th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2^nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.

Last updated: 24 July 2019.