Neodrepanis

Neodrepanis
Common sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Philepittidae
Genus:	Neodrepanis Sharpe, 1875[1]
Type species
Neodrepanis coruscans[2] Sharpe, 1875

Neodrepanis is a bird genus in the family Philepittidae.

Etymology

Neodrepanis: Greek: νεος neos "new, strange"; δρεπανη drepanē, δρεπανης drepanēs "scimitar"^[3]

Species

It contains the following species:

Genus Neodrepanis – Sharpe, 1875 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Common sunbird-asity	Neodrepanis coruscans Sharpe, 1875	Madagascar	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity	Neodrepanis hypoxantha Salomonsen, 1933	Madagascar	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU

References

1. Sharpe, R.B. (1875). "Contributions of the Ornithology of Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 43: 75. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
2. "Philepittidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
3. Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

External links

• Media related to Neodrepanis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Neodrepanis at Wikispecies