Mayrimunia

Mayrimunia
Scientific classification
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

Mayrimunia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are endemic to New Guinea.

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

The genus contains two species:^[5]

Streak-headed mannikin (Mayrimunia tristissima) – New Guinea
White-spotted mannikin (Mayrimunia leucosticta) – New Guinea

References

^ 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. Bibcode:2020MolPE.14606757O. 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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[1] Wolters, Hans Edmund (1949). Beiträge zur Gattungssystematik der Vögel. Vol. 1. Krefeld: Goecke & Evers. p. 9.

[2] Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 373.

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[4] Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146: 106757. Bibcode:2020MolPE.14606757O. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757. PMID 32028027. S2CID 211048731.

[ioc-5] 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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