Woodfordia
Woodfordia is also a genus of plants in family Lythraceae; see also its species Woodfordia fruticosa.
| Woodfordia | |
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| Woodfordia superciliosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Woodfordia North, 1906 |
Woodfordia is a genus of bird in the Zosteropidae family. The genus is named after Charles Morris Woodford (1852-1927) who discovered the species (W. superciliosa) in the Solomon Islands. It contains the following species:
- Sanford's white-eye (Woodfordia lacertosa)
- Bare-eyed white-eye (Woodfordia superciliosa)
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