Greater Melampitta
Megalampitta gigantea
Melampittas (Melampittidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Greater Melampitta with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Lorentz's Whistler Pachycephala lorentzi | 1 |
Family
The melampittas are a family, Melampittidae, of New Guinean passerine birds containing two enigmatic species. The two species are 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 being established as a family in 2014 their taxonomic relationships with other birds were uncertain, being considered at one time related variously to the pittas, Old World babblers and birds-of-paradise.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …