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Sigh...I wish they'd included Pardalotus punctatus xanthopyge...or the subspecies of Pardalotus striatus...oh well....

PS: I hope this paper results in the lumping of some monotypic genera..
 
Tif Update January 26, 2017

Honeyeaters: The Meliphagidae have been rearranged based on Marki et al. (2017). Although the overall structure has not changed, Marki et al.'s analysis of almost all the Meliphagidae has lead to considerable moving about of species.

Based on divergence dates, the tribe Prosthemaderini has been merged into Acanthorhynchini.

There are six changes at the genus level. Two genera have been merged into others: Trichodere has been merged into Phylidonyris. and Microptilotis has been merged into Oreornis. I have added four genera: The Scaly-crowned Honeyeater, Lichmera lombokia, has been separated as "Lichmera", which is surprisingly not close to Lichmera. The Plain Honeyeater, Pycnopygius ixoides, and Marbled Honeyeater, Pycnopygius cinereus, have been separated as "Pycnopygius". The Short-bearded Melidectes, Melidectes nouhuysi, and Long-bearded Melidectes, Melidectes princeps {and Melionyx fuscus}, have been separated as Melionyx. Finally, the Gray Honeyeater, Conopophila whitei, has been separated as Lacustroica. This results in a gain of two genera.

I have also separated two species: The Hornbill Friarbird, Philemon yorki, has been split from Helmeted Friarbird, Philemon buceroides (IOC split this some time ago), and the Moluccan Myzomela, Myzomela simplex, including rubrotincta and mortyana, has been split from Dusky Myzomela, Myzomela obscura.
[Meliphagidae, Basal Oscines, 3.05]
 
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Peter Kovalik said:
Marki, P.Z., Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M., Nguyen, J.M.T., Rahbek, C., Fjeldså, J., Supermatrix phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian Meliphagides radiation (Aves: Passeriformes), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2016), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.021
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TiF Update January 27, 2017

Bristlebirds: The bristlebirds have been rearranged based on Marki et al. (2017).

Australasian Wrens: The Maluridae have been slighly rearranged based on Marki et al. (2017). This only affects Stipiturus and Malurus. I have also recognized 2 subfamilies: Amytornithinae and Malurinae.

Pardalotidae: The Pardalotidae have been rearranged based on the comprehensive analysis of Marki et al. (2017). I've another subfamily: Pachycareinae (Schodde and Christidis, 2014). The genus Crateroscelis has been eliminated. The Rusty and Mountain Mouse-warblers have joined Origma and the Bicolored Mouse-warbler is now in Sericornis. Some minor adjustments to the species tree have also been made.
 
Neilsen, L. 2018. Are there two species of Graceful Honeyeater in Australia? Australian Field Ornithology. pp 149-157.

http://www.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/afo/article/view/2132

Abstract
Two subspecies of Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga (Microptilotis) gracilis are recognised in north-eastern Queensland: imitatrix inhabiting the Wet Tropics and gracilis inhabiting northern Cape York Peninsula. Vocalisations differ greatly between the two, so the strong possibility emerges that they are distinct species. The ranges of these taxa are separated by ~140 km in the vicinity of Cape Flattery–Princess Charlotte Bay on the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula. Significantly, a thorough search confirms that there have been no specimens collected from this geographical gap between the two populations and previously suspected intergradation does not occur. This paper describes the considerable differences between the two, especially with respect to vocalisations, and suggests that these taxa represent distinct species.
 
Jenna M. McCullough Leo Joseph Robert G. Moyle Michael J. Andersen (2019). Ultraconserved elements put the final nail in the coffin of traditional use of the genus Meliphaga (Aves: Meliphagidae)

Abstract
Molecular systematics is bringing taxonomy into the 21st Century by updating our nomenclature to reflect phylogenetic relationships of taxa. This transformation is evidenced by massive changes in avian taxonomy, ranging from ordinal to subspecies changes. In this study, we employ target capture of ultraconserved elements to resolve genus‐level systematics of a problematic group of honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae). With near complete species‐level taxon sampling of the Australo‐Papuan species within the traditionally recognized Meliphaga and Oreornis, we investigate generic limits using a genomic dataset. Likelihood and species tree methods confirm two clades within this group and found the New Guinea endemic Oreornis chrysogenys embedded within one of these clades. Our study supports earlier recommendations that Meliphaga Lewin, 1808 should be restricted to three species, M. aruensis, M. lewinii and M. notata. We make a case for recognizing three genera in the remaining species, Oreornis van Oort, 1910, Microptilotis Mathews, 1912 and Territornis Mathews, 1924.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12350

Bonus :

Andersen, M. J., McCullough, J. M., Friedman, N. R., Peterson, A. T., Moyle, R. G., Joseph, L., & Nyári, A. S. (2019). Ultraconserved elements resolve genus‐level relationships in a major Australasian bird radiation (Aves: Meliphagidae). Emu: Austral Ornithology

not yet published apparently
 
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LeNomenclatoriste said:
Bonus :

Andersen, M. J., McCullough, J. M., Friedman, N. R., Peterson, A. T., Moyle, R. G., Joseph, L., & Nyári, A. S. (2019). Ultraconserved elements resolve genus‐level relationships in a major Australasian bird radiation (Aves: Meliphagidae). Emu: Austral Ornithology

not yet published apparently
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Published online: 25 Apr 2019

Abstract:

The honeyeaters are the most species-rich clade of birds east of Wallace’s Line. They occupy a wide range of habitats, from desert to rainforest, and occur throughout Australia, New Guinea, and oceanic islands across Wallacea and the Pacific. Honeyeater natural history is well characterised, but comparative studies of this group are hampered by the lack of a well-supported phylogeny. Here, we infer the first genome-scale, genus-level phylogeny of the honeyeaters using 4397 ultraconserved elements from 57 species. We analysed the data using concatenated and species-tree approaches, and we found support for novel clades previously undetected in analyses of single- or multi-locus datasets. Despite sequencing thousands of loci, phylogenetic relationships of the New Caledonian Crow Honeyeater (Gymnomyza aubryana) remain equivocal. This study provides a new phylogenetic framework from which to study the ecology and evolution of one of Australasia’s most iconic avian clades.
 
Nesoptilotis leucotis schoddei Black 2019

Black A. 2019. A new subspecies of White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis (Meliphagidae). Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Cl., 139: 164-172.

Summary.—White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis ranges broadly across southern Australia, where it is a constituent of eucalypt forest and woodland communities. A recent phylogeographic study recovered deep divergence between western and eastern populations. Within the western phylogroup are two allopatric populations that are differentiated by morphometrics, plumage coloration and voice. The eastern of the two, which occupies mallee woodland on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, is described here as a new subspecies.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v139i2.2019.a9
Full issue: https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v139i2.2019.a12
 
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IOC post proposed split of 'Quiet Honeyeater'

https://www.worldbirdnames.org/updates/proposed-splits/

PS 10.1 Quiet? Honeyeater Meliphaga imitatrix Graceful Honeyeater M. gracilis Proposed (10.2) split of allopatric imitatrix based on vocal repertoire differences and playback responses supplemented by genetic and morphology differences incl eye color)(Nielsen 2018). ENG?

Nielson 2018 is in Australian Field Ornithology, 35: 149-157

http://www.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/afo/article/view/2132/2155

Are there two species of Graceful Honeyeater in Australia?
Lloyd Nielsen

Abstract
Two subspecies of Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga (Microptilotis) gracilis are recognised in north-eastern Queensland: imitatrix inhabiting the Wet Tropics and gracilis inhabiting northern Cape York Peninsula. Vocalisations differ greatly between the two, so the strong possibility emerges that they are distinct species. The ranges of these taxa are separated by ~140 km in the vicinity of Cape Flattery–Princess Charlotte Bay on the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula. Significantly, a thorough search confirms that there have been no specimens collected from this geographical gap between the two populations and previously suspected intergradation does not occur. This paper describes the considerable differences between the two, especially with respect to vocalisations, and suggests that these taxa represent distinct species.
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Also see genetic data in Penalba et al 2017

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jbi.13048
 
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martin_WA said:
IOC post proposed split of 'Quiet Honeyeater'

PS 10.1 Quiet? Honeyeater Meliphaga imitatrix Graceful Honeyeater M. gracilis Proposed (10.2) split of allopatric imitatrix based on vocal repertoire differences and playback responses supplemented by genetic and morphology differences incl eye color)(Nielsen 2018). ENG?

Nielson 2018 is in Australian Field Ornithology, 35: 149-157

http://www.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/afo/article/view/2132/2155

Also see genetic data in Penalba et al 2017

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jbi.13048
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I'll be looking out for Quiet? in the second half of October! From 2 October. we'll be in WA south of Perth, and so any info by PM will be gratefully received!o:)
MJB
 
MJB said:
I'll be looking out for Quiet? in the second half of October! From 2 October. we'll be in WA south of Perth, and so any info by PM will be gratefully received!o:)
MJB
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You couldn't be further away - Graceful and the split Quiet are in far NE Queensland!
 
viator said:
You couldn't be further away - Graceful and the split Quiet are in far NE Queensland!
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That's what I intended by my post - in the second half of October, I'll be looking out for it (in its NE distribution).

That '?' I cited is the quote in IOC Proposed Splits (I agree it would benefit from a more helpful English name), but it ruins the flow of a sentence as far as reading comprehension is concerned. Sorry about that!:eek!::eek!:


In the first half of October, I'm in WA, then off to QLD....
MJB
 
Gavicalis honeyeaters

Leo Joseph, Alex Drew, Ian J Mason, Jeffrey L Peters, Introgression between non-sister species of honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae) several million years after speciation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, , blz129, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz129

Abstract:

We reassessed whether two parapatric non-sister Australian honeyeater species (Aves: Meliphagidae), varied and mangrove honeyeaters (Gavicalis versicolor and G. fasciogularis, respectively), that diverged from a common ancestor c. 2.5 Mya intergrade in the Townsville area of north-eastern Queensland. Consistent with a previous specimen-based study, by using genomics methods we show one-way gene flow for autosomal but not Z-linked markers from varied into mangrove honeyeaters. Introgression barely extends south of the area of parapatry in and around the city of Townsville. While demonstrating the long-term porosity of species boundaries over several million years, our data also suggest a clear role of sex chromosomes in maintaining reproductive isolation.
 
A new Myzomela honeyeater (Meliphagidae) from the highlands of Alor Island, Indonesia.

Myzomela prawiradilagae sp. nov.

We here describe a new species of Myzomela honeyeater from the Lesser Sunda island of Alor (southeast Indonesia). The new species is phylogenetically most closely related to Myzomela kuehni from the adjacent island of Wetar and most closely resembles that species in plumage. However, it differs in important morphological, bioacoustic and ecological characteristics. The discovery of a new bird species on Alor is of great biogeographic importance and elevates this island to the status of an Endemic Bird Area. The new Alor Myzomela is restricted to montane eucalypt woodland mostly above 900 m elevation and is currently known from few sites across the island. Based on its occurrence records and human population trends in the highlands of Alor Island, we recommend classification under the IUCN threat status endangered.
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https://link.springer.com/article/1...6445_brand_PID8162402&utm_content=de_textlink
 
CaliSteve said:
A new Myzomela honeyeater (Meliphagidae) from the highlands of Alor Island, Indonesia.

Myzomela prawiradilagae sp. nov.
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Previously mentioned and illustrated as undescribed species in Birds of Indonesian Archipelago, 2016. Great to see that another unknown bird from the Sundas has finally a name.
 

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