Mayrimunia Explained

Mayrimunia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are endemic to New Guinea.

The genus was introduced in 1949 by the German ornithologist Hans Edmund Wolters with the streak-headed mannikin as the type species.[1] [2] The name was chosen to honour the evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr and combines his name with the genus Munia.[3]

The two species now placed in genus were formerly placed in the genus Lonchura. They were moved to this resurrected genus based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020.[4]

Species

The genus contains two species:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wolters, Hans Edmund . Hans Edmund Wolters . 1949. Beiträge zur Gattungssystematik der Vögel . 1 . Krefeld . Goecke & Evers . 9.
  2. Book: Paynter . Raymond A. Jr . 1968 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 14 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 373 .
  3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 244 .
  4. Olsson . Urban . Alström . Per . Alström . 2020 . A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 146 . 106757 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757. 32028027 . 211048731 . free . 2020MolPE.14606757O .
  5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . September 2023 . Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits . IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 25 September 2023.

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