Belongs within: Meliphagidae.
Manorina, the miners, is a genus of stocky, mostly insectivorous birds found in Australia. Members of the genus have broad rounded wings, a yellow to red triangular patch of bare skin behind the eye, and yellow, slightly downcurved bills. The widespread yellow-throated miner M. flavigula is predominantly grey with yellow edges on the wing feathers and a black patch around the lower part of the eye.
<==Manorina Vieillot 1818 [Manorinidae]B94 | i. s.: M. melanotisJT12 |--M. melanophrysJT12 `--+--M. flavigulaJT12 | |--M. f. flavigulaM03 | |--M. f. luteaM03 | |--M. f. melvillensisM03 | |--M. f. obscuraM03 | `--M. f. wayensisM03 `--M. melanocephala (Latham 1802)JT12, CC10 (see below for synonymy) |--M. m. melanocephalaM03 `--M. m. crassirostrisM03
Manorina melanocephala (Latham 1802)JT12, CC10 [=Gracula melanocephalaCC10; incl. Merops garrulus Latham 1802CC10, Myzantha garrulaCC10]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.
[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.