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MOHOUIDAE - Yellowhead and allies1 (2:2)
MOHOUA Lesson, 1837 F - Certhia heteroclites Quoy & Gaimard, 1830; type by monotypy = Muscicapa ochrocephala J.F. Gmelin, 1789  2
Mohoua ochrocephala3 Yellowhead
albicilla (Lesson, 1830) iNorth Island (New Zealand)
ochrocephala (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) vSouth Island, Stewart I. (New Zealand)
FINSCHIA F.W. Hutton, 1903 F - Parus novaeseelandiae J.F. Gmelin, 1789; type by original designation   
Finschia novaeseelandiae 4  (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) Pipipi/New Zealand Creeper
iSouth Island, Stewart I. (New Zealand)
1 For recommendation to elevate subfamily to family rank see Aidala et al. (2013) [Aidala, 2013 #15153].
2 Cited as 1835 by Mayr (1986) [Mayr, 1986 #2570] but the only example traced with the volume and page number Mayr cited is dated 1837.
3 Sometimes treated as two species, e.g. by Gill et al. (2010) [Gill, 2010 #12348].
4 For inclusion in this family see Aidala et al. (2013) [Aidala, 2013 #15153].
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