Pycnopygius

Pycnopygius is a genus of bird in the Meliphagidae, or honeyeater, family. Established by Tommaso Salvadori in 1880, it contains the following species:^[2]

• Marbled honeyeater (Pycnopygius cinereus)
• Plain honeyeater (Pycnopygius ixoides)
• Streak-headed honeyeater (Pycnopygius stictocephalus)

Pycnopygius
Marbled honeyeater (Pycnopygius cinereus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Pycnopygius Salvadori, 1880
Type species
Pycnonotus stictocephalus[1] Salvadori, 1876

The name Pycnopygius is a combination of the Greek words puknos, meaning "thick" or "dense" and -pugios, meaning "-rumped" (from pugẽ: "rump").^[3]