found in two genera, the greater melampitta in the genus Megalampitta and the lesser melampitta in the genus Melampitta. They are little studied and before...

placed in the genus Melampitta with the lesser melampitta. Formerly classified as a bird-of-paradise, the little-known greater melampitta has an uncertain...

considered potential members of this family. The two species in the genus Melampitta, also from New Guinea, have been linked with the birds-of-paradise, but...

The lesser melampitta (Melampitta lugubris) is a medium-sized enigmatic terrestrial songbird of mountain forests of New Guinea. It is the only species...

a toxic species. An example of this is the non-toxic juvenile greater melampitta, which has plumage similar to the hooded pitohui. There have also been...

Ifritidae Ifrita Laniidae Eurocephalus Lanius Melampittidae Megalampitta Melampitta Monarchidae Paradisaeidae Astrapia Cicinnurus Diphyllodes Drepanornis...

PMID 22642364. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2021). "Crows, mudnesters, melampittas, Ifrit, birds-of-paradise". World Bird List Version 11.2. International...

jays Corcoracidae: white-winged chough and apostlebird Melampittidae: melampittas Ifritidae: ifritabirds Paradisaeidae: birds of paradise Passerida Petroicidae:...

birds-of-paradise Corcoracidae: white-winged chough and apostlebird Melampittidae: melampittas Laniidae: shrikes Platylophidae: jayshrike Corvidae: crows, ravens, and...

family into nine genera, in which he also included the lesser melampitta (in the genus Melampitta) of New Guinea, where it was kept until 1931 when Ernst Mayr...