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''Melionyx'' is a genus of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Meliphagidae The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea ...
. These species were formerly placed in the genus ''
Melidectes ''Melidectes'' is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. All six species are endemic to New Guinea. The generic name is derived from the Greek ''meli'' for honey and ''dektes'' for beggar or receiver. Description They are medium- ...
''. They were moved to the resurrected genus ''Melionyx '' based on the results of a
molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
study published in 2019. At the same time the common names were changed from "melidectes" to "honeyeater". The genus contains three species: *
Sooty honeyeater The sooty honeyeater (''Melionyx fuscus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species was formerly placed in the ge ...
(''Melionyx fuscus'') * Short-bearded honeyeater (''Melionyx nouhuysi'') *
Long-bearded honeyeater The long-bearded honeyeater (''Melionyx princeps''), is a bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. This species was formerly placed in the genus ''Melidectes''. It was moved to the resurrected genus ''Melionyx'' based on the results of a mol ...
(''Melionyx princeps'')


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Bird genera Taxa named by Tom Iredale {{Meliphagidae-stub