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Melanocharis

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Melanocharis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanocharitidae
Genus: Melanocharis
P.L. Sclater, 1858
Type species
Dicaeum niger[1]
Lesson, 1830

Melanocharis is a genus of birds in the family Melanocharitidae that are endemic to New Guinea.

Species

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The genus contains the following six species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Melanocharitidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Australasian babblers, log runners, satinbirds, berrypeckers, wattlebirds, whipbirds, jewel-babblers, quail-thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2021.