Melanocharitidae

Belongs within: Passerides.

The Melanocharitidae are a family of small, largely frugivorous songbirds found in New Guinea.

<==Melanocharitidae
    |  i. s.: Rhamphocharis crassirostrisAP21
    |--+--OedistomaOF19
    |  |    |--O. iliolophusOF19 [=Toxorhamphus iliolophusJF06]
    |  |    `--O. pygmaeumAP21 [=Toxorhamphus pygmaeumBKB15]
    |  `--Toxorhamphus Stresemann 1914BKB15, B94 [Toxorhamphidae]
    |       |--T. novaeguineaeBKB15
    |       `--T. poliopterusAP21
    `--Melanocharis Sclater 1858BKB15, B94 [Melanocharitinae]
         |--M. arfakianaJT12
         |--M. bicolorH03
         |--M. crassirostrisJT12
         |--M. longicaudaJT12
         |--M. nigraBKB15
         |--M. striativentrisJT12
         `--M. versteriBKB15

*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.

[H03] Heads, M. 2003. Ericaceae in Malesia: vicariance biogeography, terrane tectonics and ecology. Telopea 10 (1): 311–449.

[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.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[OF19] Oliveros, C. H., D. J. Field, D. T. Ksepka, F. K. Barker, A. Aleixo, M. J. Andersen, P. Alström, B. W. Benz, E. L. Braun, M. J. Braun, G. A. Bravo, R. T. Brumfield, R. T. Chesser, S. Claramunt, J. Cracraft, A. M. Cuervo, E. P. Derryberry, T. C. Glenn, M. G. Harvey, P. A. Hosner, L. Joseph, R. T. Kimball, A. L. Mack, C. M. Miskelly, A. T. Peterson, M. B. Robbins, F. H. Sheldon, L. F. Silveira, B. T. Smith, N. D. White, R. G. Moyle & B. C. Faircloth. 2019. Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116 (16): 7916–7925.