>Anyone know what bird genus, on a world basis, has the largest number of
>species? Syd
A quick scan of the Sibley & Monroe list in excel:
Nectarinia (sunbirds) 80
Zosterops (white-eyes) 72
Turdus (thrushes) 66
Ploceus (weavers) 63
Columba (pigions) 54
Ptilinopus (fruit doves) 51
Parus (tits) 51
Cisticola (cisticolas) 51
Garrulax (laughing-thrush) 51
All others less than 50 spcies per genus.
Notes.
1. Taxonomy may differ between autors
2. This was a very quick scan by eye and subsequent calculation and may
have errors of calcualtion or omission.
Harvey
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Dr Harvey D. Perkins
School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The Australian National University
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