Belongs within: Euoscines.
Contains: Meliphagidae, Acanthizidae, Malurus.
The Meliphagoidea are a clade of birds found in the Australasian region, supported by molecular analysis. The clade includes the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae), fairy wrens (Maluridae), pardalotes (Pardalotus), Australasian warblers (Acanthizidae) and bristlebirds (Dasyornis). The bristlebirds are long-tailed, short-winged, shy birds that inhabit dense vegetation in southern Australia (Morcombe 2003).
<==Meliphagoidea
|--+--Dasyornis Vigors & Horsfield 1827B94 [DasyornithidaeBKB15, Dasyornithinae]
| | |--D. brachypterus (Latham 1801)JT12, WS48 [=Turdus brachypterusWS48; incl. D. brachypterus monoidesM03]
| | `--+--D. broadbenti (McCoy 1867)JT12, WS48 [=Sphenura broadbentiWS48]
| | | |--D. b. broadbentiWS48
| | | |--D. b. caryochrousM03
| | | `--D. b. litoralis (Milligan 1902) [=Sphenura litoralis]WS48
| | `--D. longirostris Gould 1840JT12, WS48 (see below for synonymy)
| `--+--MeliphagidaeBKB15
| `--+--AcanthizidaeBKB15
| `--Pardalotus Vieillot 1816B94 [PardalotidaeBKB15, Pardalotinae]
| | i. s.: P. melanocephalus Gould 1838WS48 (see below for synonymy)
| | P. quadragintusJT12
| | P. substriatus Mathews 1912 [=P. striatus substriatus]WS48
| | |--P. s. substriatusWS48
| | `--P. s. murchisoni Mathews 1912 (see below for synonymy)WS48
| | P. xanthopygus McCoy 1867WS48 [=P. punctatus xanthopygusM03]
| |--P. punctatus (Shaw 1792)BKB15, WS48 [=Pipra punctataWS48; incl. Pa. punctatus whitlocki Mathews 1912WS48]
| | |--P. p. punctatusM03
| | `--P. p. militarisM03
| `--+--P. rubricatus Gould 1838BKB15, WS48 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--P. r. rubricatusM03
| | `--P. r. yorkiM03
| `--P. striatusBKB15
| |--P. s. striatusM03
| |--P. s. melvillensisM03
| |--P. s. ornatusM03
| `--P. s. uropygialisM03
`--Maluridae [Malurinae, Waluridae]BKB15
| i. s.: Sipodotus wallaciiJT12
| ChenorhamphusAP21
| |--C. campbelliAP21
| `--C. grayiAP21
|--+--+--MalurusBKB15
| | `--Clytomyias insignisBKB15
| `--Stipiturus Lesson 1831BKB15, B94 [Stipituridae]
| |--S. malachurus (Shaw 1798)BKB15, WS48 [=Muscicapa malachuraWS48]
| | |--S. m. malachurusWS48
| | |--S. m. halmaturinusM03
| | |--S. m. hartogi Carter 1916WS48
| | |--S. m. intermediusM03
| | |--S. m. littleriM03
| | |--S. m. medius Mathews 1919 [=S. m. media]WS48
| | |--S. m. parimedaM03
| | |--S. m. polionotumM03
| | `--S. m. westernensis Campbell 1912 [incl. S. malachurus rothschildi Mathews 1912]WS48
| `--+--S. malleeBKB15
| `--S. ruficeps Campbell 1899BKB15, WS48
`--Amytornis Stejneger 1885BKB15, B94 [Amytornithidae]
| i. s.: A. modestusAP21 [=A. textilis modestaM03]
|--+--A. merrotsyiBKB15 [=A. striatus merrotsyiM03]
| `--+--A. striatus (Gould 1839)BKB15, WS48 [=Dasyornis striatusWS48]
| | |--A. s. striatusWS48
| | `--A. s. whitei Mathews 1910 [incl. A. striatus oweni Mathews 1911]WS48
| `--+--A. dorotheaeBKB15
| `--A. woodwardiBKB15
`--+--A. barbatusBKB15
| |--A. b. barbatusM03
| `--A. b. diamantinaM03
`--+--A. textilis (Dumont 1824)BKB15, WS48 [=Malurus textilisWS48]
| |--A. t. textilis (see below for synonymy)WS48
| `--A. t. myallM03
`--+--A. housei (Milligan 1902)BKB15, WS48 [=Amytis houseiWS48; incl. Magnamytis kimberleyi Mathews 1923WS48]
`--+--A. goyderiBKB15
`--+--A. ballaraeBKB15 [=A. purnelli ballaraeM03]
`--A. purnelliBKB15
Amytornis textilis textilis [incl. Diaphorillas textilis carteri Mathews 1917, Amytis gigantura Milligan 1901, Amytis macrourus Gould 1847, Diaphorillas textilis morgani Mathews 1912, Amytis varia Carter 1908]WS48
Dasyornis longirostris Gould 1840JT12, WS48 [=D. brachypterus longirostrisWS48; incl. D. longirostris mastersi Mathews 1923WS48]
Pardalotus melanocephalus Gould 1838WS48 [=P. striatus melanocephalusM03; incl. P. melanocephalus inexpectatus Mathews 1912WS48, P. melanocephalus pilbarra Mathews 1923WS48, P. melanocephalus tormenti Mathews 1912WS48]
Pardalotus rubricatus Gould 1838BKB15, WS48 [incl. P. pallida Campbell 1909WS48, P. rubricatus parryi Mathews 1912WS48]
Pardalotus substriatus murchisoni Mathews 1912 [=P. striatus murchisoni; incl. P. striatus rogersi Mathews 1912, P. striatus westraliensis Mathews 1912]WS48
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.
[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.