Anthornis

Anthornis is a bird genus in the honeyeater family (Meliphagidae). Its members are called bellbirds. According to genetic data, it is a sister genus to Prosthemadera.^[2]

Anthornis
New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Anthornis G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
The New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)[1]
Species
Anthornis melanura Anthornis melanocephala †

It contains the following species:

• New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura
• Chatham Islands bellbird, Anthornis melanocephala (extinct)^[3]

They are named bellbirds because their call sounds like a bell. Young male bellbirds copy the calls of neighbouring older males. Sometimes two males can sing in almost perfect unison because one has been copying the other.