Pycnopygius | |
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Marbled honeyeater (Pycnopygius cinereus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: |
Pycnopygius Salvadori, 1880 |
Type species | |
Pycnonotus stictocephalus
[1] Salvadori, 1876
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Pycnopygius is a genus of bird in the Meliphagidae, or honeyeater, family. Established by Tommaso Salvadori in 1880, it contains the following species: [2]
The name Pycnopygius is a combination of the Greek words puknos, meaning "thick" or "dense" and -pugios, meaning "-rumped" (from pugẽ: "rump"). [3]