Mayrimunia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are endemic to New Guinea.
| Mayrimunia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Mayrimunia Wolters, 1949 |
| Type species | |
| Lonchura tristissima (streak-headed mannikin) Wallace, 1865
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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 edit
The genus contains two species:[5]
- Streak-headed mannikin (Mayrimunia tristissima) – New Guinea
- White-spotted mannikin (Mayrimunia leucosticta) – New Guinea
References edit
- ^ Wolters, Hans Edmund (1949). Beiträge zur Gattungssystematik der Vögel. Vol. 1. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers. p. 9.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 373.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146: 106757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757. PMID 32028027. S2CID 211048731.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (September 2023). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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