| Taxon | Authority/Year | Citation | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macabra | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.112 | Nom. nud. | |
| Macabra | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.541 | Oct. | hylophila Temminck etc. |
| Macagua | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.1 p.68 | Feb. | Falco cachinnans Linnaeus F. melanops Latham |
| Macao | S.D.W. 1836 | Analyst 3 no.14 p.212 | Jan. | M. splendidus S.D.W.: nom. nud.? |
| Macartneya | Lesson 1831 | TraitedOrn. p.492 | Livr. 7? April? | Gallus macartneyi Temminck |
| Maccoyornis | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.113 | Dec. 24 | Sphenura broadbenti McCoy |
| Maceranas | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 2 p.414 | June | Anas fusca Linnaeus A. nigra Linnaeus |
| Macgillivrayornis | Mathews 1914 | S.Austral.Orn. 1 pt2 p.12 | M. claudi Mathews | |
| Magillivrayornis | 1914 | Auk p.428 | ||
| Macgregoria | De Vis 1897 | BBOC 6 no.41 p.26 | Jan. 31 | Nom. nud. |
| Macgregoria | De Vis 1897 | Ibis(7) 3 no.10 p.251 | Apr. | M. pulchra De Vis |
| Machaeramphus | Hume 1878 | Str.Feath. 6 no.1-6 p.24 | Emend. Machaerhamphus Westerman | |
| Machaeramphus | Anon. 1852 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 4 p.436 | [Guerin-Meneville?] | Pro Macheiramphus Bonaparte 1850 |
| Machaerhamphus | Westerman 1851 | Bijdr.Dierk. 1 pt2 p.29 | Not 1848, as often quoted. | Pro Macheiramphus Bonaparte 1850 |
| Machaerirhamphus | Sundevall 1873 | Meth.Av.Tentam. 2 p.109 | June? | Emend. |
| Machaerorhampus | Salvadori 1891 | Mem.R.Accad.Sci.Torino(2) 42["1892"] p.118 | Pro — | |
| Machaerorhynchus | Salvadori 1875 | AttiR.Accad.Sci.Torino 10 p.369,373 | Adunanza del 24 Gennaio 1875. | Pro Machaerirhynchus Gould |
| Machaetornis | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVI fig. | ||
| Machaetornis | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVI fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Macheiramphus | Bonaparte 1850 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 2 p.482 | M. alcinus Bonaparte | |
| Macheiramphus | Hume 1875 | Str.Feath. 3 no.4 p.269 | Emend. Machaerhamphus Westerman | |
| Macheiramphus | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 no.10 p.534 | M. alcinus | |
| Macheiramphus | Bonaparte 1850 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 2 p.482 | Not earlier than Sept. | M. alcinus Bonaparte |
| Macheirhamphus | Schlegel 1871 | Nederl.Tijdschr.Dierk. 4 Afd.2 p.58 | Emend. Machaerirhynchus Gould | |
| Macheirhamphus | Schlegel 1864 | Dierentuin["1872"] p.40 | Pro — Bonaparte | |
| Macherhamphus | Hartlaub 1853 | Arch.Naturgesch. 19 Bd.2 p.43 | Pro Macheiramphus Bonaparte 1850 | |
| Macheirhynchus | Schlegel 1871 | Nederl.Tijdschr.Dierk. 4 Afd.2 p.43 | Emend. Machaerirhynchus Gould | |
| Machaerirhynchus | Gould 1852 | PZS Pt18 no.218 p.277 | M. flaviventer Gould | |
| Machirhynchus | Sharpe 1873 | Zool.Rec. 8 p.59 | Pro Machaerirhynchus Gould | |
| Machaerorhynchus | Sharpe 1879 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 4 p.390 | = Salvadori 1875 | Emend. |
| Machaerorhynchus | From: μὰχαιρ&alpha gladius, ῥύγχος, bill. | |||
| Machaerorhynchus | Salvadori 1881 | Orn.Papu.Moluc. 2 p.107 | = Salvadori 1875 AttiR.Accad.Sci.Torino 10 no.2 p.375 | Emend. Machaerirhynchus Gould |
| Machaeropterus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.135 | Nom. nud. | |
| Machates | Blyth 1843 | Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. 12 no.76 p.170 | Sept. | Pro Machetes |
| Machetornis | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.41 | N.n. Chrysolophus Swainson 1837 | |
| Machetes | Cuvier 1817 | RegneAnim. 1 p.490 | Tringa pugnax Linnaeus | |
| Machetes | Cuvier 1817 | RegneAnim. 1 p.490 | Tringa pugnax Linnaeus | |
| Machlolophus | Cabanis 1850 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.91 | Parus spilonotus Blyth | |
| Machlostomus | Heine 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.228 | N.n. Tucaius Bonaparte | |
| Machophilus | Thienemann 1846 | Rhea Heft1 p.117 | Emend. Philomachus | |
| Mackenziaena | Chubb,C 1918 | Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(9) 2 no.7 p.123 | July | Thamnophilus leachi Such |
| Macleanornis | Wolters 1974 | Bonn.Zool.Beitr. 4 no.25 p.289 | Nov. | Pterocles coronatus Lichtenstein |
| Maclennania | Mathews 1917 | AustralAv.Rec. 3 no.5 p.127 | Dec. 28 | Cincloramphus mathewsi Iredale |
| Macroceryle | Laubmann 1924 | Verh.Orn.Ges.Bayern 16 Heft2 p.136 | Nov. 20 | Alcedo lugubris Temminck |
| Macragelaeus | Sclater,PL 1884 | Ibis p.162 | Emend. Macroagelaius Cassin | |
| Macreuse | Oken 1817 | Isis 1 Heft8 col.1183 | Probably in a vernacular sense. | A. fusca Linnaeus A. perspicillata Linnaeus A. lobata |
| Macroagelaius | Cassin 1866 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 18 p.13 | Agelaius subalaris (Boissonneau) | |
| Macrocephalon maleo | Muller,S 1846 | Arch.Naturgesch. 12 Bd.1 p.116 | ||
| Macrocephalon | Muller,S 1846 | Arch.Naturgesch. 12 p.116 | First descr. here? | M. maleo Muller,S |
| Macrocephalon | Hartlaub 1846 | Erst.Nachtr.Verz.Vogel.Mus.Bremen p.21 | ||
| Macrocerculus | Madarasz 1904 | Ann.Hist.Mus.Natl.Hungar. 2 pt1 p.116 | June 25 | Emend. or lapsus for Mecocerculus |
| Macrocercus | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.26 | "Ara rouge.—Perruche—Ara, Buff." | |
| Macrocircus | Swainson 1836 | Class.Birds 1 p.234 | = Orbigny 1835 | Emend. Macrocercus |
| Macrocorax | Sharpe 1877 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 3 p.51 | Corvus fuscicapillus Gray,GR | |
| Macrodipterix | Cassin 1851 | = Agassiz 1842 & 1846 | Pro Macrodipteryx Swainson | |
| Macrodipteryx | Swainson 1835 | Treat.Geogr.Class.Anim. p.98 fig.41 | M. africanus Swainson | |
| Macrodypteryx | Bonaparte 1849 | Pro Macrodipteryx Swainson | ||
| Macrodipterus | Swainson 1836 | Class.Birds 1 p.102 | Emend. Macrodipteryx | |
| Macrodura | Mathews 1913 | BirdsAustr.[Mathews] 3 pt3 p.294 | Aug. 18 | Gallinago nobilis Sclater,PL |
| Macrodypteryx | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.63 | Emend. | |
| Macrodypteryx | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.139 | Emend. | |
| Macroglossum | Temminck | Preoccupied by "Macroglossum. Scop." | ||
| Macronectes | Richmond 1905 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 18 p.76 | Feb. 21 | N.n. Ossifraga Hombron & Jacquinot 1844 |
| Macronectes | Richmond 1905 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 18 p.76 | Procellaria gigantea Gmelin,JF | |
| Macronous | Jardine & Selby 1835 | Ill.Orn.(1) 3 pt10 textpl.150 [p.91] | M. ptilosus Jardine & Selby | |
| Macronyx | Swainson 1827 | Zool.J. 3 no.11 p.344 | Dec. | "L'Alouette Sentinelle. Levaill., Ois. pl. 195." |
| Macropogon | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.65 | "Sp. do." [of Bucco] | |
| Macropsalis | Sclater,PL 1866 | PZS Pt1 p.143 | May | Caprimulgus forcipatus Nitzsch etc. |
| Macropterus | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.8 | Merely quoted in syn. of Macropteryx Swainson | |
| Macropterus | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.66 | = Gray,GR 1840 | Emend. Macropteryx Swainson |
| Macropteryx | Swainson 1831 | Zool.Ill.(2) 2 no.11 pl.47,text | M. longipennis Swainson | |
| Macropteryx | Swainson | |||
| Macropus | Spix 1824 | |||
| Macropus | Spix | Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.53 | M. phasianellus Spix M. caixana Spix | |
| Macropus | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.56 | = Spix 1824 | Not used here |
| Macropus | Nuttall 1834 | Man.Orn.U.S.Can.ed.1 p.450 | Anas stelleri Pallas | |
| Macropygia | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.348 | M. phasianella etc. | |
| Macrorhamphus | Preoccupied by Macrorhamphus Fischer | |||
| Macrorhamphus | Leach 1816 | Systemat.Cat.Spec.Indig.Mamm.Birds.Brit.Mus. p.31 | Later than Aug. | M. griseus |
| Macrorhamphus | Forster,T 1817 | Syn.Cat.Brit.Birds p.22 | Scolopax grisea Gmelin,JF | |
| Macrorhamphus | Forster,T 1817 | Syn.Cat.Brit.Birds p.22 | Scolopax grisea | |
| Macrorhamphus | Stephens 1824 | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 12 pt1 p.60 | Scolopax grisea Gmelin,JF | |
| Macroramphus | Bonaparte 1825 | J.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 5 pt1 no.3 p.79 | Aug. | Emend. Macrorhamphus Leach |
| Macroramphus | Bonaparte 1827 | Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 2 pt9-11 p.329 | Nov. | Emend. Macrorhamphus Leach |
| Macroramphus | Swainson 1836 | Class.Birds 1 p.234 | Emend. Macrorhamphus | |
| Macroramphus | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.69 | Emend. Macrorhamphus Leach | |
| Macroramfus | S.D.W. 1836 | Analyst 4 no.15 p.119 | Apr. 1 | Emend. Macrorhamphus |
| Macroramphus | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 2 p.414 | June | Anas perspicillata Linnaeus |
| Macrorhynchus | Anon. 1879 | Ibis General Index p.230 | [Salvin?] | Pro Malacorhynchus Menetries (in part, + part Malacorhynchus Swainson) |
| Macroramphos | Brehm,CL 1855 | Naumannia 5 p.291 | Emend. Macroramphus | |
| Macrornis | Seeley 1866 | Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(3) 18 no.104 p.110 | Aug. | M. tanaupus Seeley |
| Macrorthonyx | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.111 | Dec. 24 | Orthonyx spaldingi Ramsay,EP |
| Macrosphenus | Cassin 1859 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 11 p.41 | Meeting of Jan. 25 | M. flavicans Cassin |
| Macrotarsius | Blyth 1848 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 17 pt1 p.254 | For Mch. | |
| Macrotarsius | Blyth 1849 | Cat.BirdsMus.As.Soc. p.260 | M. bitorquatus | |
| Macrotarsus | Lacepede 1800 | TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 1 p.437 | "Échasse" | |
| Macrotarsus (side 2) | Lacepede 1801 | Mem.Inst. 3 p.518 | "Échasse" | |
| Macrotarsus | Strickland 1852 | PZS Pt18 no.214 p.220 | Publ. Jan. 24 | Emend. Macrotarsius Blyth 1848 |
| Macruropsar | Salvadori 1878 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 12 p.345 | June 6 | Lamprotornis major Rosenberg,HKB |
| Mactylus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.68 | Nom. nud. | |
| Maculocantor | Maynard 1907 | Dir.BirdsEasternN.Am. Pt9 p.238 | Motacilla maculosa Gmelin,JF | |
| Madanga | Rothschild & Hartert,E 1923 | BBOC 43 no.277 p.117 | March 29 | M. ruficollis Rothschild & Hartert,E |
| Magalilais | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.236 | Oct. 30 | Eremomela usticollis Sundevall |
| Magnamytis | Mathews 1912 | Novit.Zool. 18 no.3 p.366 | Jan. 31 | Amytornis woodwardi Hartert,E |
| Magumma | Mathews 1925 | BBOC 45 no.296 p.93 | April 25 | N.n. Rothschildia Perkins 1904 |
| Maia | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 3 p.212 | Not generic | |
| Maia | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXXVI fig. | June 1 | No specific names here! |
| Maia | Reichenbach 1862 | Singvogel pt1 p.40 | Loxia maja Linnaeus | |
| Mainatus | Vieillot 1817 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 18 p.410 | Dec. | M. major Vieillot |
| Maja | Preoccupied by "Maja. Lm." Crustacea | |||
| Maja | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.451 | Signature dated Julii 1850. | Loxia maja Linnaeus etc. |
| Maina | Hodgson 1837 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 5["1836"] no.60 p.771 | M. religiosa (= intermedia Hay,A) etc. | |
| Mainatus | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 2 p.305,308 | Not generic | |
| Mainatus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.68 | Nom. nud. | |
| Mainatus | Vieillot 1817 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 18 p.410 | M. major Vieillot | |
| Mainatus | Lesson & Garnot 1827 | Bull.Sci.Nat.[Ferussac] 10 p.158 | Jan. | Gracula religiosa |
| Mainatus | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 1 p.402 | June | Gracula religiosa Linnaeus |
| Mainatus | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.5 p.356 | Nov.-Dec.? | M. sumatranus Lesson M. javanus |
| Majaqueus | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.IV | Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus | |
| Malacias | Cabanis 1851 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.113 | Sig. dated Feb. 1851. | Cinclosoma capistratum Vigors |
| Malacirops | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.123 | Nom. nud. | |
| Malacirops | Bonaparte 1854 | Compt.Rend. 38 p.260,264 | Zosterops borbonica Brisson | |
| Malacocichla | Gould 1855 | PZS Pt22 no.277 p.285 | M. dryas Gould | |
| Malacocincla | Blyth 1845 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 14 pt2 no.164 p.549,note | Nom. nud. | |
| Malacocincla | Blyth 1845 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 14 pt2 no.164 p.600 | M. abbotti Blyth | |
| Malacocircus | Swainson 1833 | Zool.Ill.(2) 3 no.28 textpl.117; pl.127,text | M. striatus Swainson | |
| Malacoedus | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Malacoedus | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No species mentioned |
| Malacolestes | Mayr 1933 | Rectes tenebrosus Hartlaub & Finsch | ||
| Malacolophus | Swainson 1831 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2 p.300 | After July | Nom. nud.? |
| Malacolaphus | Swainson 1838 | Anim.Menag. p.229 | Emend.? Malacolophus | |
| Malaconotus | Swainson 1824 | Zool.J. 1 no.3 p.297 | "October" | "T. olivaceus of M. Vieillot." |
| Malaconotus | Swainson 1827 | Zool.J. 3 no.10 p.163 | Sept. | "La Pie-grieche blanchot. LeVaill. Ois. d'Afr. pl. 185." |
| Malacopteron | Eyton | Strickl. (Ann. + Mag. N.H., XIII, 1844, 417) says M. magnum Eyton is the type. | ||
| Malacopteron | Eyton 1839 | PZS Pt7 no.78 p.102 | Nov. | M. magnum Eyton M. cinereus Eyton |
| Malacoptila | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.13 | Bucco fuscus Gmelin,JF etc. | |
| Malacorhamphus | Kittlitz 1858 | Denkw.ReiserussAmer. 1 p.124 | Or a new term? | |
| Malacorhynchus | Swainson 1831 | J.R.Inst.Gr.Brit. 2 no.4 p.18 | M. membranacea Latham | |
| Malacorhynchus | Swainson 1831 | G.R. Gray (Ann. + Mag. N.H., XI, 1843, 370) says type is Anas membranacea. | ||
| Malacorhynchus | Swainson 1831 | J.R.Inst.Gr.Brit. 2 no.4 p.18,textfig. | Aug. | No species mentioned |
| Malacorhynchus | Wagler 1832 | Isis 25 Heft11 col.1235 | M. forsterorum Wagler = Anas malacorhynchos Gmelin,JF | |
| Malacorynchus | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.366 | Emend.? Malacorhynchus | |
| Malacorhynchos | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.151 | Emend. | |
| Malacorhynchus | Menetries 1835 | Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(6) 1 livr.5 p.459,522 | Myiothera rhynolopha Wied-Neuwied etc. | |
| Malacornis | Gistel 1850 | Isis(Munchen) 1 no.6 p.95 | N.n. Malacopteron Eyton 1839 | |
| Malacortyx | Blyth 1867 | Ibis(n.s.) 3 no.11 p.313 | July | Rollulus superciliosus Gray,JE |
| Malacothraupis | Sclater,PL & Salvin 1876 | PZS Pt2 p.353,textfig. | Aug. | M. dentata Sclater,PL & Salvin |
| Malacoturnix | Blyth 1867 | PZS Pt2 p.475 | Oct. | Rollulus superciliosus |
| Malacurus | Gloger 1842 | Gemein.Handb.-undHilfsb. p.282 | Emend. Malurus | |
| Malacurus | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LVIII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Malayornis | Hachisuka 1940 | Dobutsu.Zasshi 52 no.7 p.286 | Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth | |
| Les Malcohas | Cuvier 1816 | RegneAnim.["1817"] 1 p.427 | In Vernacular only. | |
| Malcaho | Oken 1817 | Isis 1 Heft8 col.1184 | Possibly in a vernacular sense, unless a typ. error for Malcoha | Cuculus pyrrocephalus Forster,JR |
| Malcoha | Jarocki 1821 | Zoologiia 2 p.40 | Cuculus pyrrhocephalus Pennant 1769 | |
| Malcoha | Voigt 1831 | DasThierreich[Voigt] 1 p.704 | M. rufoviridis Voigt M. leucogaster (Stephens) M. pyrrhocephalus (Forster,JR) M. calorhynchus (Temminck) M. javanicus (Horsfield) | |
| Malcoha | Kreling 1851 | Jahresb.Wirk.Naturf.Ges.Emden p.21 | M. rufoviridis | |
| Malherbepicus | Reichenbach 1854 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.12) p.419 | Emend. Malherbipicus Bonaparte | |
| Malherbipicus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.129 | Nom. nud. | |
| Malia | Schlegel 1880 | NotesLeydenMus. 2 no.3 note19 p.165 | July | M. grata Schlegel |
| Malimbus | Vieillot | Ois.Chant. p.71 | 180[-] | M. cristatus Vieillot etc. |
| Malimbus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.67 | Nom. nud. | |
| Malindangia | Mearns 1907 | Philip.J.Sci. 2 no.5 sect.A p.355 | Oct. | M. mcgregori Mearns |
| Malkoha | Stephens | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 9 pt1 p.60 | 1815 [or 1816?] | Used by error |
| Malurio | Lesson 1839 | Rev.Zool. 2 p.225 | Aug. | |
| Malurus | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.44 | "Motacilla aut Sylvia, Cyanea, Gm. Lath." | |
| Manacus | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.44 pl.I fig.13; 4 p.442 | Manacus (= Pipra manacus Linnaeus 1766): 1st sp. mentioned | |
| Manacus | Pallas 1769 | Spic.Zool. 1 fasc.6 p.8 | ||
| Manakina | Fischer von Waldheim 1813 | Zoogn.Tab.Syn.Ill.ed.3 1 p.31 | Emend. Manacus Brisson | |
| Manakina | Fischer von Waldheim 1813 | Zoogn.Tab.Syn.Ill.ed.3 1 p.31 | Latin equivalent of "Manakin" | |
| Mancalla | Lucas 1901 | Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 24 no.1245 p.133 | M. californiensis Lucas | |
| Manchettes | Serres 1842 | Natuurk.Verh.Holland.Maatsch.Wetensch.Haarlem(2) 2 p.118 | Pro Machetes | |
| Mandingoa | Hartert,E 1919 | Novit.Zool. 26 no.1 p.147 | May 28 | Estrelda nitidula Hartlaub 1865 |
| Mangusia | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.123 | Nom. nud. | |
| Mangusia | Bonaparte 1854 | Compt.Rend. 38 p.265 | Certhia rectirostris C. fraseri | |
| Manikup (side 2) | Desmarest 1807 | Hist.Nat.Tangaras["1805"] livr.12 textpl.66 | Pipra albifrons Gmelin,JF | |
| Manilia | Mulsant, Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E 1866 | Mem.Soc.Imp.Sci.Nat.Cherbourg 12 p.230 | Amathusia pulchra Gould | |
| Manopsitta | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.2-3 p.62 | Oct. 23 | Substitute name for Opopsitta Sclater,PL 1860 |
| Manorina | Vieillot 1818 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 19 p.236 | M. viridis Vieillot | |
| Manorina | Vieillot 1818 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 24 p.115 | First named in vol. XIX | |
| Manorina | Vieillot 1818 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 19 p.236 | May | M. viridis Vieillot |
| Manorhina | Wagler 1827 | Syst.Av. [p.83] | Emend. Manorina Vieillot | |
| Manorrhinus | Blyth 1840 | Cuvier'sAnim.Kingd.[Blyth] p.188 | Emend. | |
| Mantellornis | Mathews 1911 | BirdsAustr.[Mathews] 1 pt5 p.249,255 | Oct. 31 | Notornis hochstetteri Meyer,AB |
| Manucodia | Boddaert 1783 | TablePlanchesEnlum. p.39 | Dedicatory note dated "1 Decembre 1783." | M. chalybea Boddaert = Paradisea chalybeata Forster,JR 1781 |
| Manucodia | Anon. 1787 | Mus.Gevers. p.40 | M. sexpennis | |
| Manucodiata | Brisson 1760 | |||
| Manucodiata | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.30; 2 p.130 pl.XIII fig.1 | Paradisaea apoda Linnaeus 1758 | |
| Manucodiata | From the native Ternate name "Manu-co-Dewata", meaning "Birds of God". | |||
| Manucorax | Mathews 1925 | BBOC 45 no.298 p.114 | July 31 | Phonygama ater Lesson |
| Manucodus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.67 | Nom. nud. | |
| Maorigerygone | Mathews & Iredale 1913 | Ibis(10) 1 no.3 p.437 | July | Curruca igata Quoy & Gaimard |
| Maracanus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.65 | Nom. nud. | |
| Marcia | Anim.Kingd.[Griffith] p.622 | "The genus Marcia of Stephens, Marcia Fistularis, Steph." | ||
| Mareca | Stephens 1824 | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 12 pt2 p.130 | M. fistularis Stephens (= Anas penelope Linnaeus) etc. | |
| Mareca | Stephens 1824 | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 12 pt2 p.130 | M. fistularis Stephens = Anas penelope Linnaeus | |
| Marica | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.74 | = Swainson 1837 | Emend. Mareca |
| Marica | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.366 | Emend. Mareca or else penslip | |
| Marica | Olphe-Galliard 1888 | Contrib.Faun.Orn.Eur.Occid. fasc.4 p.4 | Emend. Mareca | |
| Marganetta | Gould 1841 | Lit.Gaz. no.1298 p.785 | Dec. 4 | M. armata Gould |
| Margarochrysis | Reichenbach 1854 | J.Orn. 1["1853"] Beil.zuExtraheft p.11 | Trochilus aurulentus Linnaeus 1766 | |
| Margaroperdix | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XXVIII | Tetrao madagascariensis Scopoli | |
| Margarops | Sclater,PL 1859 | PZS Pt(27)2 p.335 | Publ. Aug. | |
| Maria | Giglioli 1897 | Boll.Soc.Geogr.Ital. fasc.1 | ||
| Maria | Giulianetti 1897 | Boll.Soc.Geogr.Ital. 34 fasc.1 p.26 | M. macgregoria Giulianetti | |
| Marianornis | Mathews 1917 | AustralAv.Rec. 3 no.5 p.128 | Dec. 28 [27?] | Perdix varia Latham |
| Margarornis | Reichenbach 1853 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.10) p.179 | Sittasomus perlatus Lesson Anabates squamiger Orbigny & Lafresnaye | |
| Maricornis | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.252 | Oct. 30 | Cinnyris mariquensis Smith,A |
| Maridus | Wood,CT 1837 | Orn.Guide p.201,223 | Jan. | M. luteus M. bahamensis |
| Marila | Oken 1817 | Isis 1 Heft8 col.1183 | Anas marila Linnaeus | |
| Marila | Oken 1817 | Isis 1 col.1183 | Anas marila Linnaeus | |
| Marila | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.VIII | Anas ferina Linnaeus | |
| Marilochen | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.IX | Anser brevirostris | |
| Mariposa | Vieillot 1805 | Ois.Chant. p.23 | Non generic | |
| Mariposa | Reichenbach 1862 | Singvogel pt1 p.6 | Estrelda phoenicotis Swainson Fringilla granatina Linnaeus F. tricolor Vieillot | |
| Marisca | Gistel 1848 | Naturgesch.Thierr.HohereSchulen p.viii | N.n. Cossypha | |
| Marmaronetta | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.IX | Anas angustirostris Bonaparte | |
| Marmon | Thienemann 1846 | Rhea Heft1 p.123 | = 1829 Cat.Ois.CompteRiocour | Pro Mormon Illiger 1811 |
| Marmonetta | Martens,EK 1868 | J.Orn. p.67 | Emend. or lapsus for Marmaronetta Reichenbach | |
| Marmonetta | Heuglin 1873 | Orn.NordostAfr. 2 p.1329 | = Gray,GR 1855 | Pro Marmaronetta Reichenbach |
| Maroturnia | Mathews 1914 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.5 p.112 | Sept. 24 | Coturnix pectoralis Gould |
| Marquetia | Reichenbach 1862 | Singvogel pt2 p.48 | Fringilla elegans Gmelin,JF | |
| Marsyas | Mulsant 1876 | Ann.Soc.Linn.n.s. 22 p.209 | Sporadinus maugaei Vieillot | |
| Marsyas | Mulsant & Verreaux,E 1875 | Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches[Mulsant&Verreaux] 2 livr.1 p.71,77 | Trochilus maugaeus Audebert & Vieillot | |
| Martula | Wood,CT 1836 | Orn.Guide p.183 | M. fenestra Wood,CT = Hirundo urbica Linnaeus | |
| Martula | Wood,CT 1837 | Orn.Guide p.183 | Jan. | Hirundo fenestra Wood,CT H. riparia |
| Mascarina | Giebel | ThesaurusOrn. 2 p.535 | ||
| Mascarinus | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.3 p.188 | July | Psittacus mascarinus Gmelin,JF |
| Mascarinus | Lesson | W. A. Forbes, Ibis, 1879, 306, says type is Psitt. mascarinus. | ||
| Masius | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.175 | Signature dated Feb. 1850. | Pipra chrysoptera Lafresnaye |
| Massornis | Oberholser 1920 | Auk 37 no.3 p.455 | July 14 | |
| Mastersornis | Mathews 1917 | AustralAv.Rec. 3 no.4 p.78 | July 21 | N.n. Myiagra Vigors & Horsfield 1827 |
| Mataeoptera | Gloger | Gemein.Handb.-undHilfsb. p.475 | 184[-] | Alca impennis |
| Mathewsena | Iredale 1914 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.5 p.82 | Sept. 24 | Substitute name for Mathewsia Iredale |
| Mathewsia (side 2) | Iredale 1911 | BBOC 27 no.166 p.47 | Jan. 23 | Substitute name for Antigone Reichenbach 1853 |
| Mathewsiella | Iredale 1922 | BBOC 43 no.272 p.39 | Nov. 29 | N.n. Craspedophora Gray,GR 1840 |
| Mattingleya | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.111 | Dec. 24 | Pachycephala peninsulae Hartert,E |
| Maximilicus | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.52 | Not used here | |
| Mayrimunia | Wolters 1949 | Beitr.Gattungssyst.Vogel p.9 | April 8 | Lonchura tristissima hypomelaena Stresemann & Paludan |
| Mayrornis | Wetmore 1932 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 45 p.104 | July 15 | Rhipidura lessoni Gray,GR |
| Mearnsia | Ridgway 1911 | Bull.U.S.Natl.Mus. no.50 pt5 p.686 | Nov. 29 | Chaetura picina Tweeddale |
| Mecistura | Leach 1816 | Systemat.Cat.Spec.Indig.Mamm.Birds.Brit.Mus. p.17 | Later than Aug. | M. vagans Leach: nom. nud. |
| Mecocerciscus | Heine 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.139 | Emend. Mecocerculus Sclater,PL | |
| Mecocerculus | Sclater,PL 1862 | PZS Pt1 p.113 | May | Fluvicola leucophrys Lafresnaye & Orbigny |
| Mecrocolaptes | Malherbe 1862 | Monogr.Picidees 2 p.286 | Pro Microcolaptes Gray,GR | |
| Megabias | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.152 | Nom. nud. | |
| Megabyas | Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E 1855 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 7 p.348 | July | M. flammulata Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E |
| Megacentropus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.220 | Oct. 30 | Centropus cupreicaudus Reichenow |
| Megacephala | Heine & Reichenow 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.303 | Emend. Megacephalon Temminck (or Gray,GR) | |
| Megacephaloma | Thienemann 1845 | Fortpfl.ges.Vog. pt1 p.11 pl.4 fig.1 | Emend. or orig. name? | |
| Megacephalon | 1844 | AttiCongr.Sci.Ital. 1 p.178 | ||
| Megacephalum | Oates 1901 | Cat.Birds'EggsBrit.Mus. 1 p.19 | Emend. Megacephalon | |
| Megacephalon | Gray,GR 1844 | ListSpecimensBirdsBrit.Mus. pt3 p.21 | Nom. nud. | |
| Megacephalon | Hartlaub 1844 | Systemat.Verz.Nat.Samml.Ges.Mus. p.101 | Nom. nud. | |
| Megacephalon | Temminck 1849 | Coup-d'oeilPoss.Neerland. 3 p.116 | Descr. here, but no specific name given | |
| Megacephalus | Bertoni,W 1901 | Av.Nuev.Paraguay p.39 | Enero | M. bitorquatus Bertoni,W = Bucco swainsoni Gray,GR |
| Megacerchneis | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.211 | Oct. 30 | Falco rupicoloides Smith,A |
| Megaceryle | Kaup 1848 | Verh.Nat.Ver.Grossherz.Hessen Heft2 p.68 | Alcedo maxima etc. | |
| Megaceryle | Kaup 1848 | Verh.Nat.Ver.Grossherz.Hessen Heft2 p.68 | Alcedo guttata Boddaert = A. maxima Pallas | |
| Megacrex | Salvadori | Orig. diag. repr. in 1879 J.Orn. p.309 | ||
| Megacrex | Albertis & Salvadori 1879 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 14 p.129 | Mch. 4 | M. inepta Albertis & Salvadori |
| Megadyptes | Milne-Edwards,A | Diagn. repr. in 1882 J.Orn. p.111 | ||
| Megadyptes | Milne-Edwards,A | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(6) 9 art.9 p.56 | Cat. antipodes | |
| Megadyptes | Milne-Edwards,A 1880 | Bibl.EcoleHaut.Etud. 21 art.4 p.56 | Pygoscelis antipodes Jacquinot & Pucheran | |
| Megaegotheles | Scarlett 1968 | Notornis 15 no.14 p.254 | Dec. | M. novaezealandiae Scarlett 1968 |
| Megagallinula | Kurochkin 1968 | Paleont.J.Acad.Sci.USSR no.1 p.96 | M. harundinea Kurochkin | |
| Megalaima | Gray,GR 1842 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2Appendix p.12 | N.n. Bucco Gray,GR 1841 | |
| Megalapteryx | Haast 1885 | Nature 32 no.815 p.144 | Nom. nud. in both places | |
| Megalavia | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 42 no.17 p.771 | Not earlier than Apr. 28 | Gavia personata (Natterer) & 4 others |
| Megalcedo | Laubmann 1924 | Arch.Naturgesch. 89A Heft12 p.195 | Mch. | Alcedo hercules Laubmann |
| Megalestes | Salvadori 1875 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 7 p.769 | Nov. or later | M. albonotatus Salvadori |
| Megalestris | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 p.643 | M. catarrhactes | |
| Megalestris | Bonaparte 1856 | Cat.Ois.Eur.[Parzudaki] p.11 | 1856 Compt.Rend. 43 p.643 [Oct.] | M. catarrhactes Bonaparte = Catharacta skua Brunnich |
| Megalonyx | Lesson | Cent.Zool. p.200 pl.66 | 183[-] | M. rufus Lesson |
| Megaloperdix | Brandt,JF 1841 | Bull.Sci.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 8 no.12 col.190 | "Emis le 14 février 1841" | Perdix (M.) altaica [P. altaicus Gebler 1836] P. (M.) caucasica [Tetrao caucasica Pallas] |
| Megaloperdix | Brandt,JF 1843 | Bull.Cl.Phys.-Math.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 1 no.17-18 col.280 | Perdix altaica Gebler P. caucasica Brandt,JF | |
| Megalophonus | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.62 | N.n. Corypha Gray,GR 1840 | |
| Megalophus | Swainson 1836 | Class.Birds 1 p.viii,34,note,56,note,364 fig.13 | M. regius ? = Muscivora swainsoni Pelzeln | |
| Megalophus | Swainson 1836 | Class.Birds 1 p.34,note,56,note | M. regius | |
| Megalophus | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.257 | M. regius Swainson | |
| Megalopipo | Sundevall 1866 | Consp.Av.Picinarum p.4 | Emend. Megapicos Malherbe 1849 | |
| Megaloprepia | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XXVI | Columba magnifica Temminck | |
| Megalopterus | Boie,F 1826 | Isis 19 Heft10 col.980 | tenuirostris Temminck | |
| Megalopterus | Smith,A 1836 | Rep.Exped.Centr.Afr. p.52 | June | M. australis Smith,A |
| Megalorhamphus | Brookes,J 1828 | Cat.Anat.Zool.Mus.J.Brookes pt2 p.97 | July | Nom. nud. |
| Megalorhynchus | Eyton 1839 | PZS Pt7 no.78 p.106 | Nov. | M. spinosus Eyton |
| Megalornis | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.85 | Ardea grus Linnaeus Grus cinerea Bechstein | |
| Megalornis | Owen 1843 | PZS Pt11 no.121 p.19 | July | Equivalent to Dinornis Owen |
| Megalornis | Owen 1843 | Formerly? applied to Dinornis by Owen? | ||
| Megalornis | Owen 1843 | PZS Pt11 no.121 p.19 | July | Not used here |
| Megalornis | Seeley 1866 | Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(3) 18 no.104 p.110 | Aug. | Lithornis emuianus Bowerbank |
| Megalornis | Seeley | In Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., XXXIV, Jan., 1878, 129, Seeley says of the "genus which he called Megalornis." | ||
| Megaloscelornis | Lydekker 1879 | Rec.Geol.Surv.India 12 pt1 p.56 | Feb. | M. sivalensis Lydekker |
| Megalotis | Swainson 1827 | Zool.J. 3 no.11 p.347 | Dec. | "Fringillae otoleucus, cruciger, Temm., Pl. Col. 269." |
| Megalurulus | Verreaux,J 1869 | Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 5 fasc.2 p.16 | M. mariae Verreaux,J | |
| Megalurus | Horsfield 1821 | Trans.Linn.Soc.London 13 pt1 p.158 | May | M. palustris Horsfield |
| Meganthus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.257 | Oct. 30 | Anthus vaalensis Shelley |
| Megapaloelodus | Miller,AH 1944 | Univ.Calif.Pub.Bull.Dept.Geol. 27 no.4 p.86 | M. connectens Miller,AH | |
| Megapasser | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.261 | Oct. 30 | Passer motitensis Smith,A |
| Megapelia | Kaup 1836 | DasThier.Haupt.syst.beschrieben 2 Th.1 p.47 | N.n. Lophyrus Vieillot | |
| Megapelia | Streubel 1842 | Allg.Encyc.[Ersch&Gruber] sect.3 17 p.93 | M. coronata | |
| Megapelia | Kaup 1851 | Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] no.4 p.120,127,note | After Aug. 1851! | Slip for Scotopelia Bonaparte |
| Megaphoyx | Hachisuka 1937 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 50 p.148 | Ardea megacephala Milne-Edwards,A | |
| Megapicos | Malherbe | Bull.Soc.Hist.Nat.Moselle cahier5 p.17 | 1848-1849 | M. grayi Malherbe [= pollens Bonaparte] |
| Megapicos | Malherbe 1849 | Mem.Acad.R.Metz 30 p.317 | For yr. 1848-49. | M. principalis (Linnaeus) |
| Megapicus | Malherbe 1852 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 4 p.552 | Dec. | Emend. Megapicos Malherbe |
| Megapodargus | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.2-3 p.63 | Oct. 23 | N.n. Cyphorhina Lesson 1843 |
| Megapodius | Gaimard 1823 | Bull.Gen.Univ.Annon.Nouv.Sci. 2 p.450 | M. freycinet Gaimard M. laperouse Gaimard | |
| Megapodius | Gaimard | |||
| Megapodius | Quoy & Gaimard | Lesson, Man., II. 1828, 219 (note), says "M. Temminck s'est à tort attribué la création de ce genre." | ||
| Megapodius | Quoy & Gaimard 1824 | Voy.UraniePhys.[Freycinet]Zool. livr.3 p.124 | Aug. | M. freycinet Quoy & Gaimard M. laperouse Quoy & Gaimard |
| Megapsittacus | Giglioli 1874 | Boll.Soc.Geogr.Ital. 11 fasc.5-7 p.357 | For May-July | Psittacus mauritianus Owen |
| Megaptynx | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.112 | Nom. nud. | |
| Megaptynx | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.542 | Oct. | crassirostris Vieillot |
| Megaquiscalus | Cassin 1866 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 18 p.409 | Quiscalus major: 1st sp. mentioned | |
| Megaquiscalus | Cassin 1867 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia["1866"] p.409 | Quiscalus major Vieillot | |
| Megaquiscalus | Sclater,PL 1884 | Ibis p.155 | = Cassin | |
| Megarynchus | Thunberg 1824 | Diss.MegarynchoSchaerstrom p.2 | Name first occurs in 1823 FaunaBrasil. p.5 (nom. nud. there!) | Lanius pitangua Linnaeus etc. |
| Megarhynchus | Heine 1860 | J.Orn. 7["1859"] no.41 p.338 | Emend. Megarynchus Thunberg | |
| Megastictus | Ridgway 1909 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 22 p.69 | April 17 | Myrmeciza margaritata Sclater,PL |
| Megastoma | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.225 | M. ruficeps Swainson M. atriceps Swainson | |
| Megastrix | Kaup 1851 | Arch.Naturgesch. 17 Bd.1 p.112 | Strix tenebricosa Gould | |
| Megathelia | Mathews 1914 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.5 p.112 | Sept. 24 | Megapodius tumulus Gould |
| Megathiza | Mathews 1922 | BirdsAustr.[Mathews] 10 pt1 p.1,6 | Sept. 28 | Sericornis magnirostris keri Mathews |
| Megatriorchis | Salvadori & Albertis 1875 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 7 p.805 | Nov. or later | M. doriae Salvadori & Albertis |
| Megatriorchis | Salvadori | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova | Descr. reprinted in 1877 Ibis p.436 | |
| Megaxenops | Reiser 1905 | Anz.Akad.Wiss.Wien 42 no.18 p.322 | July | M. parnaguae Reiser |
| Megalerodius | Reichenow 1877 | J.Orn. 25 no.137 p.13 | Jan. | Emend. Megerodius Heine |
| Megazosterops | Stresemann 1930 | Orn.Monatsb. 38 no.5 p.159 | Sept. 6 | Cleptornis palauensis Reichenow |
| Megerodius | Heine 1860 | J.Orn. 8 no.45 p.200 | Mai | Ardea goliath Temminck |
| Megisthura | Sundevall 1857 | J.Orn. 5 no.28 p.248 | July | Emend. Megistura |
| Megistina | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.31 | "Parus ignotus, Gm. Lath." | |
| Megistura | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.23 | ||
| Megisturus | Temminck & Schlegel | FaunaJap.Aves[Siebold] p.71 | 1848? | |
| Megisturus | Temminck & Schlegel 1848 | FaunaJap.Aves[Siebold] p.71 | ? Pro Megistura Gray,GR | |
| Meiglyptes | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.309 | P. poicilophus | |
| Melaconotus | Smith,A 1836 | Rep.Exped.Centr.Afr. p.44 | June | Emend. Malaconotus |
| Meiglytes | Jerdon 1840 | MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 11 no.27 p.215 | Emend.? Meiglyptes | |
| Meigleptes | Reichenbach 1849 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.XLIV fig. | Dec. 1 | Emend. |
| Meiglyptus | Burmeister 1850 | Verz.zool.Mus.Univ.Halle-Wittenberg p.57 | Emend. | |
| Meionornis | Haast | M. casuarinus M. didiformis | ||
| Melaenornis | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.35 | N.n. Melasoma Swainson | |
| Melagavia | Bonaparte 1854 | Naumannia 4 p.212,217 | Larus serranus Tschudi & 8 others | |
| Melampicos | Malherbe 1849 | Mem.Acad.R.Metz 30 p.363 | M. erythrocephalus (Linnaeus) etc. | |
| Melampitta | Schlegel 1871 | Nederl.Tijdschr.Dierk. 4["1873"] Afd.2 p.47 | M. lugubris Schlegel | |
| Melamprosops | Casey & Jacobi,JD 1974 | BishopMus.Occ.Pap. 24 no.12 p.217 | August 2 | M. phaeosoma Casey & Jacobi,JD |
| Melanaetus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.209 | Oct. 30 | Circaetus cinereus Vieillot |
| Melanalcyon | Mathews 1918 | BirdsAustr.[Mathews] 7 pt2 p.156,161 | May 15 | Todiramphus funebris Bonaparte |
| Melananas | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.204 | Oct. 30 | Anas sparsa Eyton |
| Melanas | Boetticher 1929 | Anz.Orn.Ges.Bayern Band2 no.1 p.13 | Mch. 10 | Lapsus for Melananas Roberts |
| Melanerpes | Swainson 1831 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2 p.300,316 | After July | Picus erythrocephalus Bonaparte |
| Melanerpes | Swainson 1832 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2["1831"] p.316 | Picus erythrocephalus Linnaeus | |
| Melanhyphantes | Sharpe 1890 | StoryRearColumn[Jameson] p.404,418 | Malimbus nigricollis Vieillot | |
| Melanibyx | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XII | Haematopus niger Temminck | |
| Melanichlora | Dubois,AJC 1901 | Syn.Av. 1 fasc.7 p.460 | Pro Melanochlora Lesson 1839 | |
| Melaniparus | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.228 | Signature dated Mart. 1850. | Parus niger Vieillot P. leucomelas Ruppell P. leucopterus Swainson P. leuconotus Guerin-Meneville |
| Melanitta | Boie,F 1822 | Tageb.ReiseNorwegen p.7,351 | [H. Boie? in] F. Boie | Anas fusca Linnaeus A. nigra Linnaeus |
| Melanitta | Boie,F 1822 | Tageb.ReiseNorwegen p.351 | Before May | Anas fusca Linnaeus |
| Melanitta | Boie,F 1822 | Isis 10 col.564 | Anas fusca Linnaeus | |
| Melanitta | Boie,F 1822 | Isis 10 Heft5 col.564 | nigra fusca perspicillata | |
| Melanetta | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.75 | Emend. | |
| Melanobucco | Shelley 1889 | Ibis(6) 1 no.4 p.476 | Oct. | M. bidentatus (Shaw,G) |
| Melanocharis | Sclater,PL 1858 | J.Linn.Soc.LondonZool. 2 no.8 p.157 | May 20 | Dicaeum nigrum Lesson |
| Melanochlora | Lesson 1839 | Rev.Zool. 2 p.42 | Feb. | M. sumatrana Lesson |
| Melanocichla | Sharpe 1883 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 7 p.451 | Timalia lugubris Muller,S | |
| Melanocinnyris | Wolters 1977 | Bonn.Zool.Beitr. 28 no.1-2 p.92 | May | Nectarinia (Cinnyris) habessinica Ehrenberg 1828 |
| Melanocircus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.207 | Oct. 30 | Falco maurus Temminck |
| Melanococcyx | Wurttemberg 1857 | Naumannia p.434 | Heuglin 1867 J.Orn. 15 p.301 | |
| Melanococcyx | Baldamus 1857 | Naumannia 7 p.434 | M. levaillantii Wurttemberg: nom. nud. | |
| Melanococcyx | Heuglin 1867 | J.Orn. 15 no.89 p.301 | Not used here? | |
| Melanocorypha | Boie,F 1828 | Isis 21 Heft3-4 col.322 | Alauda tatarica Pallas etc. | |
| Melanocorypha | Brehm,CL 1831 | Handb.Naturgesch.Vog.Deutschl. p.309 | = Boie,F 1828 | Alauda tatarica Pallas etc. |
| Melancorypha | Cabanis 1851 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.123 | Emend. Melanocorypha Boie,F | |
| Melanocoryphoides | Bianchi 1906 | Bull.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(5) 23 no.3 p.222 | Orn. M.-B. 1907, 84, says "gedruckt im Juni 1906." | Melanocorypha maxima Gould |
| Melanodera | Bonaparte 1850 | Monogr.Loxiens p.ii | Chlorospiza melanodera | |
| Melanodera | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.470 | Signature dated 10. Julii. 1850. | M. typica Bonaparte = Emberiza melanodera Quoy & Gaimard |
| Melanodiglossa | Cassin | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia p.274 | Uncirostrum lafresnayei Boissonneau etc. | |
| Melanodryas | Gould 1865 | Handb.BirdsAustr. 1 p.283 | Petroica bicolor Gould M. picata Gould | |
| Melanoherpes | Coues 1882 | ChecklistN.Am.BirdsEd.2 p.79 | For Melanerpes Swainson | |
| Melanolarus | Heine 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.359 | N.n. Melagavia Bonaparte | |
| Melanoleuca | Morris 1837 | Naturalist 2 no.9 p.124 | June | M. pica. Magpie. [of England] |
| Melanolophus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.219 | Oct. 30 | Cuculus serratus Sparrman |
| Melanomitris | Cassin 1865 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 17 p.91 | Meeting of May 30. | Carduelis atrata Orbigny & Lafresnaye: 1st sp. mentioned |
| Melanonetta | Heine & Reichenow 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.349 | Emend. Melanitta Boie,F | |
| Melanonyx | Buturlin 1901 | WildGeeseRussianEmpire p.22 | Anas segetum Gmelin,JF (= A. fabalis Latham) | |
| Melanonyx | Buturlin 1901 | WildGeeseRussianEmpire p.22 | 22 (of separate) | Anser segetum Bechstein |
| Melanopareia | Reichenbach 1853 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.10) p.163 | Synallaxis maximiliani Orbigny S. torquatus Wied-Neuwied | |
| Melanoparus | Dubois,AJC 1901 | Syn.Av. 1 fasc.7 p.460 | = Bonaparte 1854 | Pro Melaniparus Bonaparte 1850 |
| Melanoparus | Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E 1855 | J.Orn. 3 no.14 p.104 | Pro Melaniparus Bonaparte 1850 | |
| Melanoparus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.121 | Emend. Melaniparus | |
| Melanopelargus | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XVI | Ciconia nigra Linnaeus | |
| Melanopepla | Cabanis 1850 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.54 | M. atronitens Cabanis | |
| Melanoperdix | Jerdon 1864 | BirdsIndia 3 p.580 | Rollulus niger | |
| Melanophantes | Cassin 1867 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 19 p.63 | Meeting of Apr. 30. | Icterus xanthomus Sclater,PL |
| Melanophoyx | Sharpe 1894 | BBOC 3 no.17 p.38 | Ardea calceolata Du Bus de Gisignies | |
| Melanopica | Navas 1907 | An.Facult.Cienc.Zaragoza 1 no.1 p.36 | N.n. Pica Brisson | |
| Melanopicos | Malherbe 1850 | Nouv.Class.Pici. p.4,46 | "July" | |
| Melanopitta | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.135 | Validated in 1854 AteneoItaliano 2 p.317 | Nom. nud. |
| Melanoploceus | Mackworth-Praed & Grant,CHB 1946 | Ibis p.228 | Hyphantornis tricolor Hartlaub | |
| Melanopsar (side 2) | Cassin 1867 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 19 p.56 | Meeting of Apr. 30. | Pendulinus chrysocephalus (Linnaeus) etc. |
| Melanopteron | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds Addenda | Emend. Malacopteron Eyton (may even antedate it!) | |
| Melanopteryx | Reichenow 1886 | Zool.Jahrb. 1 p.125 | Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot | |
| Melanoptila | Sclater,PL 1858 | PZS Pt25 no.344 p.275 | M. glabrirostris Sclater,PL | |
| Melanopteryx | Reichenow 1886 | Zool.Jahrb. 1 Heft1 p.125 | Apr. 1 | Ploceus nigerrimus Vieillot |
| Melanopyrrhus | Bonaparte 1853 | Compt.Rend. 37 p.831,note | Not earlier than Dec. 5 | Sericulus anais Lesson |
| Melanopyrrhus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.114 | Nom. nud. | |
| Melanorectes | Sharpe 1877 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 3 p.289 | Rectes nigrescens Schlegel | |
| Melanorhectes | Dubois,AJC 1901 | Syn.Av. 1 fasc.7 p.495 | Pro Melanorectes Sharpe 1877 | |
| Melanorhectes | Sharpe 1903 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 4 p.269 | = Dubois,AJC 1901 | Emend. |
| Melanospiza | Ridgway 1897 | Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 19 no.1116 p.466,note | Mch. 15 | Loxigilla richardsoni Cory |
| Melanospiza | Ridgway 1898 | Auk 15 no.3 p.224 | Loxigilla richardsoni Cory | |
| Melanosterna | Blyth | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 15 no.173 p.373 | Sterna anasthaetus Scopoli | |
| Melanotis | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.276 | Signature dated Mart. 1850. | Turdus melanotis (or Orpheus caerulescens Swainson) |
| Melanotrochilus | Deslongchamps 1880 | GuideNat. p.7 | Florisuga fusca (Vieillot) | |
| Melasoma | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.221 | M. edolioides | |
| Melanoperdix | Jerdon 1864 | BirdsIndia 3 ("2 pt2") p.580 | Rollulus niger | |
| Melanosoma | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.350 | Emend. Melasoma Swainson | |
| Melanotrochilus | Deslongchamps 1880 | AnnuaireMus.Hist.Nat.Caen 1 p.224 | Listed in Zool. Rec. for 1880 | Trochilus fuscus Vieillot |
| Melanotrochilus | Deslongchamps | Trochilus fuscus Vieillot | ||
| Melanura | Baldamus 1856 | Naumannia 6 p.88 | Emend. Menura | |
| Melanura | Cabanis 1856 | J.Orn. 4 no.20 p.134 | ||
| Melanzona | Cabanis 1861 | J.Orn. 8["1860"] no.48 p.412 | | For Melozone Reichenbach
| |
| Meleagris | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.156 | 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 1 p.268 | M. gallopavo etc. |
| Meleagris | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.156 | M. gallopavo Linnaeus | |
| Meleagris | Moehring 1758 | Gesl.Vog. p.3,37 | ||
| Meleagris | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.26,176 | "Meleagris" | |
| Meleagrops | Shufeldt 1913 | Auk 30 no.1 p.33 | Jan. | Meleagris celer Marsh |
| Meliarchus | Salvadori | Diagn. repr. in 1881 J.Orn. p.93 | ||
| Meliarchus | Salvadori 1880 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 16 p.75 | Sept. 26 | M. sclateri (Gray,GR) |
| Melias | Lesson (Traité, 1830, 131) says it signifies "Nymphe des arbres." | |||
| Melias | Gloger 1827 | Notizen[Froriep] 16 no.18 col.278 | März | N.n. Phoenicophaus Vieillot |
| Melichaera | Reichenbach 1852 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.9) p.130 | Anthochaera mellivora Vigors A. lunulata Gould | |
| Melichneutes | Reichenow 1910 | Orn.Monatsb. 18 no.10 p.160 | Oct. | M. sommerfeldi Reichenow |
| Melichneutes | Reichenow 1914 | Vog. 2 p.61 | = Reichenow 1910 | M. sommerfeldi Reichenow M. robustus (Bates,GL) |
| Melidectes | Sclater,PL 1874 | PZS["1873"] Pt3 p.694,textfig. | Apr., 1874 | M. torquatus Sclater,PL |
| Melidora | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.4 p.249 | Sept. | M. euphrosiae Lesson (= Dacelo macrorhinchus Lesson) |
| Melidra | Radde 1854 | Bull.Soc.Imp.Nat.Moscou 27 pt2 no.3 p.157 | M. variabilis | |
| Melidipnus | Cabanis & Reichenow 1876 | J.Orn. 24 no.135 p.321 | July | Ptilotis megarhynchus Gray,GR |
| Meliecrax | Gray,GR 1844 | ListSpecimensBirdsBrit.Mus. pt1 p.39 | Emend. or typ. err. Melierax Gray,GR | |
| Meliecrax | Gray,GR 1844 | ListSpecimensBirdsBrit.Mus. pt1 p.39 | Pro Melierax Gray,GR 1840 | |
| Melierax | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.5 | M. musicus (Daudin) | |
| Melijerax | Kaup 1851 | Arch.Naturgesch. 17 Bd.1 p.88 | Emend. Melierax Gray,GR | |
| Melignomon | Reichenow 1898 | Orn.Monatsb. 6 no.2 p.22 | Feb. | M. zenkeri Reichenow |
| Melignothes | Cassin 1856 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 8 no.4 p.156 | Meeting of Aug. 26. | M. conirostris Cassin M. exilis Cassin |
| Melignostes | Heine 1860 | J.Orn. 8 no.45 p.192 | Mai | N.n. Melignothes |
| Melilestes | Salvadori 1875 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 7 p.950 | Article dated Dec. | Ptilotis megarhyncha (Gray,GR) |
| Meliornis | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.15 | M. novaehollandiae (Latham) | |
| Meliphaga (side 2) | Lewin 1808 | BirdsNewHolland p.7-10 | Certhia chrysotis Latham etc. | |
| Meliphaga | Lewin | |||
| Meliphaga | Gould (Bds. Austr., IV. 1843, pl. –). | |||
| Meliphagus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.65 | Nom. nud. | |
| Melipodagus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.220 | Oct. 30 | Indicator variegatus Lesson |
| Melipotes | Sclater,PL 1874 | PZS["1873"] Pt3 p.695,textfig. | Apr., 1874 | M. gymnops Sclater,PL |
| Meliorhophetes | Meyer,AB 1875 | Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 70 Abth.1 Heft3-5 p.486 | Pro Melirrhophetes Meyer,AB 1874 | |
| Melirhophetes | Meyer,AB 1875 | Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 70 Abth.1 Heft3-5 p.488,489 | Pro Melirrhophetes Meyer,AB 1874 | |
| Melirrhophetes | Meyer,AB 1874 | Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 70 Abth.1 Heft1 p.110 | M. leucostephes Meyer,AB M. ochromelas Meyer,AB | |
| Melisseus | Hodgson 1841 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 10 pt1 no.109 p.29 | N.n. Bhringa Hodgson | |
| Melisympotes | Reichenbach 1852 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.9) p.121 | Certhia australasiana Shaw,G | |
| Melisympotes | Reichenbach 1852 | Bp. (C.R. XXXVIII, Feb., 1854, 263 (in t.)-) says type is "Meliornis australasiana." | ||
| Melithreptes | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.329 | Pro Melithreptus Vieillot 1816 | |
| Melithreptus | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.46 | "Heorotaire fuscalbin" = Certhia lunulata Shaw,G = C. atricapillus Latham 1801 etc. | |
| Melitreptus | Vieillot 1822 | Tabl.Encyc.Meth.Orn. 2["1823"] p.600 | Pro Melithreptus Vieillot 1816 | |
| Melitograis | Sundevall 1872 | Meth.Av.Tentam. 1 p.50 | Aug? | M. striata Sundevall (= Meliphaga gilolensis Temminck) |
| Melitophila | Cabanis 1851 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.116 | Emend. Melicophila Gould 1844 | |
| Melittarchus | Cabanis 1855 | J.Orn. 3 no.18 p.477 | Nov. | Tyrannus magnirostris Orbigny |
| Melittias | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.134 | Signature dated: "27. December 1859". | |
| Melittophagus | Boie,F 1828 | Isis 21 Heft3-4 col.316 | Merops erythropterus Gmelin,JF etc. | |
| Melittophas | Reichenbach 1852 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.9) p.82 | M. badius (Gmelin,JF) etc. | |
| Melittotheres | Reichenbach 1852 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.9) p.82 | M. nubicus (Gmelin,JF) M. natalensis Reichenbach | |
| Melizophilus | Leach 1816 | Systemat.Cat.Spec.Indig.Mamm.Birds.Brit.Mus. p.25 | Later than Aug. | M. dartfordiensis |
| Melizophilus | Boie,F 1826 | Isis 19 Heft10 col.972 | Sylvia provincialis | |
| Melizofilus | Wood,CT 1837 | Orn.Guide p.191,219 | Jan. | Emend. Melizophilus |
| Melissophilus | Morris 1837 | Naturalist 2 no.9 p.126 | June | Emend. Melizophilus Leach |
| Melizophibus | Olphe-Galliard 1891 | Contrib.Faun.Orn.Eur.Occid. fasc.27 p.126 | Aug. | Emend. Melizophilus Leach |
| Melliphaga | Swainson 1821 | Zool.Ill. 1 textpl.43 | Emend. Meliphaga Lewin | |
| Melliphaga | Horsfield 1822 | Zool.Res.Java no.5 texttoPomatorhinus | = Temminck 1820 | Emend. Meliphaga Lewin |
| Melliphaga | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 2 p.71 | Emend. Meliphaga Lewin | |
| Mellisuga | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.40 pl.VII fig.4; 3 p.694 pl.XXXVI fig.1 | Trochilus minimus Linnaeus 1758: 1st sp. mentioned | |
| Mellisvga | Schaeffer 1789 | Mus.Orn. p.41 | Preface dated June | Trochilus mosquitus Linnaeus Mellisuga cayanensis Schaeffer (= T. mellisugus Linnaeus) |
| Mellisuga | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.68 | Nom. nud. | |
| Mellisuga | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.46 | "Soui-manga angala-dian, Buff.—à bec droit, Vieill. Oiseaux dorés." | |
| Mellisuga | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 2 p.2,442 | June | Slip for Meliphaga Lewin |
| Mellirhophetis | Oustalet 1889 | LeNat. 11 no.64 p.260 | Nov. 1 | Pro Melirrhophetes Meyer,AB 1875 |
| Mellopitta | Stejneger 1885 | StandardNat.Hist.[Kingsley] 4 p.466 | Alternative name | |
| Melloria | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.114 | Dec. 24 | Cracticus quoyi tunneyi Hartert,E = C. spaldingi Masters |
| Melocichla | Hartlaub 1857 | Syst.Orn.Westafr. p.58 | May or June | Drymoeca mentalis Fraser D. bairdii Cassin |
| Melodes | Keyserling & Blasius,JH 1840 | Wirbelth.Eur. p.lviii | Motacilla calliope Pallas | |
| Melodivireo | Oberholser 1974 | BirdLifeTexas p.998 | Muscicapa gilva Vieillot | |
| Melomyza | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.8 p.196 | March 20 | Myzomela obscura Gould |
| Melonetta | Sundevall 1873 | Meth.Av.Tentam. 2 p.149 | June? | N.n. Harelda Leach |
| Melopeleia | Reichenbach 1861 | Vollst.Naturg.Tauben p.22 | Emend. Melopelia Bonaparte | |
| Melopelia | Bonaparte 1855 | Compt.Rend. 40 no.3 p.98 | Not earlier than Jan. 15 | Columba leucoptera Linnaeus C. meloda Tschudi |
| Melopelia | Bonaparte | Consp.Gen.Av. 2 p.81 | Signature dated "10 Dec. 1854." | Columba leucoptera Linnaeus C. meloda Tschudi |
| Melopelia | Bonaparte 1854 | Consp.Gen.Av. 2 p.81 | Columba leucoptera Linnaeus = C. asiatica Linnaeus | |
| Melophus | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.290 | M. erythropterus | |
| Melophilus | Brehm,CL 1857 | J.Orn. 5 p.351 | Substitute name for Melizophilus Leach | |
| Melopsitta | Milne-Edwards,A 1866 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(5) 6 no.2 p.103 | ||
| Melopyrrha | Bonaparte 1853 | Nom. nud. | ||
| Melopyrrha | Bonaparte 1853 | Compt.Rend. 37 p.924,note | Not earlier than Dec. 19 | Loxia nigra Linnaeus |
| Melositta | Buturlin 1916 | TravauxSoc.Imp.Nat.Petrograd 44 livr.2 p.152,158,169 | Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby | |
| Melospiza | Baird,SF 1858 | Rep.Expl.Surv.RR.Pac. 9 p.xx,xl,440,476 | Fringilla melodia Wilson,A (= F. fasciata Gmelin,JF) | |
| Melospiza | Baird,SF 1858 | Rep.Expl.Surv.RR.Pac. 9 p.476 | Fringilla melodia Wilson,A | |
| Melotarsus | Vierthaler 1852 | Naumannia 2 Heft1 p.27 | Emend.? Microtarsus | |
| Melozone | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXXIX fig. | June 1 | No specific names here! |
| Melozone | Reichenbach 1862 | Singvogel pt1 p.36 | Pyrgita biarcuata Neboux Pyrgisoma kieneri Bonaparte | |
| Melpoda | Reichenbach 1862 | Singvogel pt1 p.26 | Fringilla lippa Lichtenstein,MHK | |
| Menellia | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.263 | Oct. 30 | Poliospiza mennelli Chubb,EC |
| Menetica | Cabanis 1866 | J.Orn. 14 no.84 p.392 | N.n.? Siphia | |
| Meniceros | Gloger | Gemein.Handb.-undHilfsb. p.335 | 184[-] | A hornbill |
| Menicerus | Hartert,E 1891 | Kat.Vogel.Mus.Senck.naturfor.Frankfurt p.139 | Emend. Meniceros Gloger | |
| Maenura | Cuvier 1817 | RegneAnim. 1 p.361 | Emend. Menura | |
| Maenura | Gray,JE | Anim.Kingd.[Griffith] 6 p.426 | Vol. dated "1829." | Emend. |
| Maenura | Schinz | Naturgesch.Abb.Vog. p.72 | "1830" [—1833?] | Emend. Menura |
| Mentocrex | Peters,JL 1932 | Proc.NewEngl.Zool.Cl. 13 p.65 | Dec. 19 | Gallinula kioloides Pucheran |
| Menura | Davies,T | |||
| Menura | Latham 1801 | Suppl.ind.orn. p.lxi | All pll. in the vol., incl. this one, were "published" May 30, 1801. | M. novaehollandiae Latham [or Davies,T] |
| Menura | Vieillot 1804 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 24 p.41,52 | ||
| Merganas | MacGillivray,W 1852 | Hist.Brit.Birds[MacGillivray] 5 p.201 | Mergus albellus Linnaeus | |
| Merganetta | Gould 1842 | PZS Pt9 no.106 p.95 | Mch. | M. armata Gould |
| Merganser | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.58 pl.IV fig.1, pl.VII fig.7; 6 p.230 pl.XXII | Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758 | |
| Merganser | Schaeffer 1789 | Mus.Orn. p.66 | M. raucedula Schaeffer Mergus serrator Linnaeus Mergus castor Linnaeus Mergus aethiops Scopoli | |
| Merganser | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.13 p.652 | Not earlier than Sept. 29 | Mergus castor Linnaeus |
| Mergellus | Selby 1840 | Cat.Gen.Sub-gen.TypesClassAv. p.47 | Mergus albellus Linnaeus | |
| Mergellus | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.13 p.652 | Not earlier than Sept. 29 | Mergus albellus Linnaeus |
| Meregellus | Shaw,TH 1936 | Zool.Sinica(ser.B) 15 fasc.1 p.213 | Dec. | Misprint for Mergellus |
| Mergoides | Eyton 1836 | Cat.Brit.Birds p.57 | Anas rufina Pallas | |
| Mergoides | Eyton 1838 | Monogr.Anatidae p.59 | June | Callichen rufina |
| Mergoides | Bonaparte 1838 | Geogr.Comp.ListBirdsEur.N.Am. p.58 | Anas rufina Pallas | |
| Mergoides | Eyton | Monogr.Anatidae p.59 | Callichen rufina | |
| Mergulus | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.67 | "Petit plongeon noir et blanc, Edwards, pl. 91." | |
| Mergulus | Leach 1816 | Systemat.Cat.Spec.Indig.Mamm.Birds.Brit.Mus. p.42 | Later than Aug. | M. melanoleucus |
| Mergula | Malmgren 1863 | J.Orn. 11 no.65 p.383 | Emend. Mergulus | |
| Mergulus | Leach 1819 | Voy.disc.[Ross]App.2 p.l | ||
| Mergus | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.129 | M. merganser Linnaeus | |
| Mergus | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.129 | 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 1 p.207 | M. merganser etc. |
| Mergus | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.52 pl.III fig.5; 6 p.104 pl.X fig.1 | M. major (= Colymbus immer Brunnich 1764): 1st sp. mentioned | |
| Mergus | Leach 1819 | Voy.disc.[Ross]App.2 p.liii | M. septentrionalis | |
| Mergus | Tunstall 1771 | Orn.Brit. p.3 | M. lomvia M. lomvia minor M. troile M. glacialis M. naevia M. septentrionalis | |
| Mergus | Sprungli | Alpenreise[Storr] | ||
| Mergvs | Schaeffer 1789 | Mus.Orn. p.61 | Colymbus stellatus Brunnich C. septentrionalis Linnaeus C. glacialis Linnaeus | |
| Merion | Mulsant & Verreaux,E 1875 | Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches[Mulsant&Verreaux] 2 livr.1 p.92 | Chlorestes herbelini Reichenbach | |
| Merion | Schinz 1825 | DasThierreich 4 p.540 | Malurus galactotes Temminck | |
| Meristes | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXX fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Meropicus | Malherbe 1861 | Monogr.Picidees 1 p.liii | Picus hirundinaceus Linnaeus | |
| Meropiscus | Sundevall 1849 | Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 6 no.6 p.162 | For June | Merops gularis Shaw,G |
| Meropixus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.120 | Nom. nud. | |
| Meropixus | Bonaparte 1854 | Compt.Rend. 38 p.54,58 | "Séance du lundi 16 janvier" | Aegithina atricapilla Vieillot |
| Meropogon | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.164 | Signature dated Febr. 1850. | M. forsteni Bonaparte |
| Merops | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.117 | 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 1 p.182 | M. apiaster M. viridis M. cinereus M. cafer |
| Merotias | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.72 | Nom. nud. | |
| Merula | Moehring 1758 | Gesl.Vog. p.8,76 | ||
| Merula | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 2 p.227,232 | Not generic | |
| Merula | Boddaert 1783 | TablePlanchesEnlum. p.11,16 | Turdus torquatus Linnaeus | |
| Merula | Bartram 1791 | Trav.Carolina | M. marilandica Zimmermann (= Fringilla rubra Linnaeus) | |
| Merula | Dumeril 1805 | Zool.Anal.["1806"] p.38,338 | ||
| Merula | Koch 1816 | Syst.BaierischenZool. 1 p.242 pl.6 fig.55 | Before July! | Turdus roseus Linnaeus |
| Merula | Leach 1816 | Systemat.Cat.Spec.Indig.Mamm.Birds.Brit.Mus. p.20 | Later than Aug. | M. nigra Leach: nom. nud. |
| Merula | Boie,F 1822 | Isis 10 Heft5 col.552 | M. merula | |
| Merulanthus | Blyth 1861 | Ibis(1) 3 no.12 p.408 | Oct. | |
| Merularis | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.26 | = Lafresnaye & Orbigny 1837 | Emend. Merulaxis |
| Merularis | Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837 | Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.14 pl.77,78,79 | Emend. Merulaxis Lesson | |
| Merulaxis | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.5 p.397 | M. ater Lesson M. rutilus Lesson | |
| Merulaxis | Lesson 1831 | Cent.Zool. livr.4 p.88 pl.30 | M. ater Lesson | |
| Merulina | Swainson 1827 | Zool.J. 3 no.10 p.167 | Sept. | Not generic. Used as a sub-family name |
| Merulinae | Swainson 1831 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] p.486 | Subfamily | |
| Merulissima | Seebohm 1881 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 5 p.232 | Substitute name for Semimerula Sclater,PL | |
| Merulus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.67 | Nom. nud. | |
| Merva | Hodgson 1847 | CalcuttaJ.Nat.Hist. 8 no.29 p.45 pl.3 fig.2 | Apr. = Aug. | M. jerdonii Hodgson |
| Meseidus | Hodgson 1841 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 10 pt1 no.109 p.28 | N.n. Bulaca Hodgson | |
| Meseides | Hodgson 1844 | Zool.Misc.[Gray,JE] 3 p.82 | "June" | Emend. Meseidus Hodgson |
| Mesembrinibis | Peters,JL 1930 | Occ.Pap.BostonSoc.Nat.Hist. 5 p.256 | Feb. 24 | Tantalus cayennensis Gmelin,JF |
| Mesembriornis | Moreno 1889 | BreveProgres.Mus.LaPlata p.29 | M. milneedwardsii Moreno | |
| Mesia | Hodgson 1838 | Ind.Rev. 2 | M. argentauris Hodgson | |
| Mesia | Hodgson 1837 | Ind.Rev. 2 no.1 p.34 | Not earlier than Apr. 13 | M. argentauris Hodgson 1837 |
| Mesides | Heine & Reichenow 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.252 | = Agassiz 1846 | Emend. Meseidus Hodgson |
| Mesites | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I 1838 | Rev.Zool. 1 no.4 p.50 | April | M. variegata Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I |
| Mesites | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I 1838 | Institut 6 no.226 p.128 | April | M. variegata Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I |
| Mesites | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I 1838 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(2) 9 p.188 | Paper read Apr. 9, 1838. | M. variegata Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I |
| Mesitornis | Bonaparte 1855 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 7 p.484 | For Oct. | N.n. Mesites Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I |
| Mesitornis | Bonaparte 1855 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 7 p.484 | Oct. | N.n. Mesites Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I |
| Mesobucco | Shelley 1891 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 19 p.85 | Emend. Mezobucco | |
| Mesobucco | Sharpe 1900 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 2 p.185 | = Shelley 1891 = Sharpe 1890 | Emend. |
| Mesobucco | Sharpe 1890 | Ibis(6) 2 no.7 p.281 | July | Pro Mezobucco |
| Mesocarbo | Mathews & Iredale 1913 | Ibis(10) 1 no.3 p.415 | July | Carbo sulcirostris Brandt,JF |
| Mesoenas | Reichenbach 1861 | Vollst.Naturg.Tauben p.6 | For Mesites Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I | |
| Mesoenas | Reichenbach 1862 | Vollst.Naturg.Tauben Abth.2 p.162 | July 1, 1862 or later | For Mesites |
| Mesolophus | Buttikofer 1896 | NotesLeydenMus. 17 no.4 note32 p.247 | June 9 | Vanga flaviventris Tickell |
| Mesomorpha | Hodgson 1841 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 10 pt1 no.109 p.28 | N.n. Urrua Hodgson | |
| Mesophila | Mulsant, Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E 1866 | Mem.Soc.Imp.Sci.Nat.Cherbourg 12 p.161 | Phaetornis yaruqui Bourcier P. guyi Lesson P. guyi var. emiliae Bourcier & Mulsant | |
| Mesophoyx | Sharpe 1894 | BBOC 3 no.17 p.38 | Herodias intermedia | |
| Mesopicos | Malherbe 1849 | Mem.Acad.R.Metz 30 p.340 | M. goertan (Gmelin,JF) etc. | |
| Mesopogon | Stresemann 1931 | Orn.Monatsb. 39 no.3 p.96 | May 4 | Typ. err. Meropogon |
| Mesopteryx | Hutton,FW 1892 | Trans.N.Z.Inst. 24 p.129 | May | Dinornis didiformis Owen |
| Mesorina | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.68 | Nom. nud. | |
| Mesoscolopax | Sharpe 1896 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 24 p.371 | Numenius minutus Gould | |
| Mesospilus | Sundevall 1866 | Consp.Av.Picinarum p.116 | Picus rafflesi Vigors | |
| Mesospilus | Sundevall 1873 | Meth.Av.Tentam. 2 p.73 | June? | M. rafflesii |
| Metabolus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.126 | Nom. nud. | |
| Metagraucalus | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.2-3 p.59 | Oct. 23 | Graucalus tenuirostris Jardine |
| Metallococcyx | Reichenow 1896 | Orn.Monatsb. 4 no.4 p.54 | Apr. | Cuculus smaragdineus |
| Metallophasis | Hachisuka 1939 | Ois. 9 no.1 p.11 | Lophophorus lhuysii | |
| Metallopsar | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.2-3 p.60 | Oct. 23 | Calornis purpurascens Gray,GR |
| Metallura (side 2) | Gould 1847 | PZS Pt15 no.175 p.94 | Trochilus smaragdinicollis Orbigny etc. | |
| Metancylornis | Ameghino 1905 | An.Mus.Nac.BuenosAires(3) 6 p.129 | Nov. 30 | Paraptenodytes curtus Ameghino |
| Metapelecanus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.206 | Oct. 30 | Pelecanus roseus Gmelin,JF |
| Metapteryx | De Vis 1892 | Proc.Linn.Soc.NewS.Wales(2) 6 pt3 p.453 | May 23 | M. bifrons De Vis |
| Methon | Mulsant 1876 | Ann.Soc.Linn.n.s. 22 p.203 | Chalybura buffoni Lesson C. viridis Vieillot C. melanorrhoa Salvin C. urochrysia Gould | |
| Methriopterus | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LV fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Metopia | Swainson 1831 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2 p.491 | After July | Pipra galeata Lichtenstein,MHK |
| Metopias | Heine & Reichenow 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.347 | Emend. Metopiana Bonaparte | |
| Metopidius | Wagler 1832 | Isis 25 Heft3 col.279 | Parra africana Latham P. aenea Cuvier | |
| Metaponia | Blyth 1855 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 24 no.3 p.257 | Emend. Metoponia Bonaparte 1852 | |
| Metaponia | Bonaparte 1853 | Compt.Rend. 37 p.917,note | Not earlier than Dec. 19 | Passer pusillus Pallas |
| Metoponia | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.116 | Nom. nud. | |
| Metopiana | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.13 p.649 | Not earlier than Sept. 29 | Anas peposaca Vieillot |
| Metopothrix | Sclater,PL & Salvin 1866 | PZS Pt2 p.190 pl.18 | Oct. | M. aurantiacus Sclater,PL & Salvin |
| Metriopeleia | Reichenbach 1861 | Vollst.Naturg.Tauben p.17 | Emend. Metriopelia Bonaparte | |
| Metriopelia | Bonaparte 1855 | Compt.Rend. 40 no.1 p.23 | Not earlier than Jan. 3 | Columba melanoptera |
| Metriopelia (side 2) | Bonaparte 1855 | Compt.Rend. 40 no.1 p.23 | Jan. | Columba melanoptera Molina |
| Metriopelia | Bonaparte | Consp.Gen.Av. 2 p.75 | Signature dated "5 Dec. 1854." | Columba melanoptera Gmelin,JF etc. |
| Metropeleia | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.20 p.945 | Nov. | Pro Metriopelia Bonaparte |
| Mezobucco | Shelley 1889 | Ibis(6) 1 no.4 p.477 | Oct. | M. duvauceli |
| Mezotreron | Sharpe 1899 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 1 p.56 | dohertyi Rothschild | |
| Micerobas | Zarudny 1903 | Mem.Soc.Imp.Geogr.Russ. 36 no.2 p.246 | Emend. Mycerobas Cabanis | |
| Micraetus | Bertoni,W 1901 | Av.Nuev.Paraguay p.156 | Enero | M. holmbergianus Bertoni,W [= Falco cayennensis Gmelin,JF] |
| Micraetus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.208 | Oct. 30 | Aquila wahlbergi Sundevall |
| Micralycone | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.107 | Dec. 24 | Alcyone pusilla halli Mathews |
| Micranous | Saunders 1895 | BBOC 4 no.23 p.19 | M. tenuirostris (Temminck) | |
| Micrartamus | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.114 | Dec. 24 | Artamus minor Vieillot |
| Micrastur | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.6 | N.n. Brachypterus Lesson 1837 | |
| Micraster | Newton,A 1867 | Zool.Rec. 3 Aves p.74 | Possibly in Ibis, 1867 or 66? | Pro Micrastur Gray,GR 1841 |
| Micrathene | Coues 1866 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 18 p.51 | Athene whitneyi Cooper,JG | |
| Micreophona | Momiyama 1928 | Annot.Orn.Orient. 1 no.3 p.319 | Dec. 21 | Eophona migratoria migratoria = E. melanura migratoria Hartert,E 1903 |
| Microbainopus | Bianchi 1907 | AnnuaireMus.Zool.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 12 no.1 p.70,73 | June | Phoenicura macgrigoriae Burton,E |
| Microbates | Sclater,PL & Salvin 1873 | Nomen.Av.Neotrop. p.72,155 | Preface dated Dec. | M. torquatus Sclater,PL & Salvin |
| Microbucco | Roberts 1924 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 10 pt2 p.86 | Jan. 31 | N.n. Micropogonius Roberts 1922 |
| Microcarbo | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.11 p.577 | Not earlier than Sept. 15 | Substitute name for Haliaeus Illiger |
| Microcarbo | Bonaparte | Consp.Gen.Av. 2 p.177 | Signature dated "1 Nov. 1855." | Not used here |
| Microcarbo | Bonaparte | Consp.Gen.Av. 2 p.178 | Signature dated "1 Nov. 1855." | M. stictocephalus Bonaparte |
| Microcerculus | Salvin 1862 | PZS["1861"] Pt2 p.202 | Cyphorhinus philomela Salvin | |
| Microcerculus | Sclater,PL 1862 | Cat.Coll.Am.Birds p.19 | Cyphorinus bambla (Boddaert): 1st sp. & 6 others | |
| Microchelidon | Reichenbach 1853 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.11) p.243 | Sylvia hirundinacea Shaw,G etc. | |
| Microchelidon | Sclater,PL 1862 | Cat.Coll.Am.Birds p.39 | Petrochelidon tibialis Cassin | |
| Microchelidon | Sclater,PL 1862 | Cat.Coll.Am.Birds p.39 | Petrochelidon tibialis Cassin | |
| Microchera | Gould 1858 | Monogr.Trochil. 2 [pt16] pl.116 | Mellisuga albocoronata Lawrence | |
| Microchera | Roberts 1926 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 11 pt4 p.224 | Sept. 14 | M. haagneri Roberts |
| Microcichla | Sharpe 1883 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 7 p.322 | Enicurus scouleri Vigors | |
| Microcinnyris | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.253 | Oct. 30 | Certhia chalybea Linnaeus |
| Micrococcyx | Ridgway 1912 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 25 p.99 | May 4 | Coccyzus pumilus Strickland |
| Microcnus | Reichenow 1877 | J.Orn. 25 no.139 p.249 | July | N.n. Zebrilus Bonaparte |
| Microcochlearius | Chubb,C 1919 | BBOC 39 no.244 p.98 | June 30 | Euscarthmus josephinae Chubb |
| Microcolaptes | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.54 | Picumnus abnormis Temminck | |
| Microcorax | Sharpe 1877 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 3 p.48 | Corvus jamaicensis Gmelin,JF etc. | |
| Microcrypturus | Chubb,C 1917 | BBOC 38 no.229 p.30 | Dec. 29 | N.n. Crypturellus Brabourne & Chubb,C |
| Microcursorius | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.202 | Oct. 30 | Cursorius temmincki Swainson |
| Microcygna | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.73 | Anas coromandeliana Gmelin,JF | |
| Microdactylus | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E 1809 | Ann.Mus.Hist.Nat.Paris 13 p.366,370 | M. marcgravii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E (= Palamedea cristata Linnaeus) | |
| Microdactilus | Cuvier 1810 | Mem.Inst. p.83 | Emend. Microdactylus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E | |
| Microdynamis | Salvadori 1878 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 13 p.461 | Oct. 16 | Eudynamis parva Salvadori |
| Microdyptes | Milne-Edwards,A | Diagn. repr. in 1882 J.Orn. p.112 | ||
| Microdyptes | Milne-Edwards,A | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(6) 9 art.9 p.58 pl.20 | Eudyptula serresiana Milne-Edwards,A | |
| Microdyptes | Milne-Edwards,A 1880 | Bibl.EcoleHaut.Etud. 21 art.4 p.58 | Eudyptula serresiana Oustalet | |
| Microeca | Gould 1841 | PZS Pt8 no.95 p.172 | M. assimilis Gould Muscicapa macroptera Vigors & Horsfield | |
| Microglaux | Kaup 1851 | Arch.Naturgesch. 17 Bd.1 p.102 | Athene perlata Gray,GR | |
| Microglossa | Drapiez 1829 | Iconogr.Ois. p.8 | Pro Microglossus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E | |
| Microglossa | Sclater,PL 1858 | J.Linn.Soc.LondonZool. 2 no.8 p.166 | Emend. Microglossum | |
| Microglossa | Heine & Reichenow 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.243 | Emend. Microglossum Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E | |
| Microglosse (side 2) | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E 1823 | Mem.Mus.Hist.Nat. 10 p.198 | ||
| Microglossum | Vigors 1825 | Zool.J. 2 no.7 p.400 | "October" | Pro Microglossus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E |
| Microglossum | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 2 p.144 | June | Emend. |
| Microglossum | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.3 p.183 | July | Emend. |
| Microglossum | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.53 | Emend. | |
| Microglosse | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,E 1823 | Mem.Mus.Hist.Nat. 10 p.186-198 | Antedated by Microglossus Vieillot | Psittacus aterrimus Gmelin,JF |
| Microgoura | Rothschild 1904 | BBOC 14 no.107 p.77 | May 30 | M. meeki Rothschild |
| Microhierax | Sharpe 1874 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 1 p.366 | N.n. Hierax Vigors 1824 | |
| Microlestes | Meyer,AB 1884 | Zeitsch.ges.Orn. 1 pt3 p.197 | Sept. | M. arfakianus |
| Microligea | Cory 1884 | Auk 1 no.3 p.290 | July | N.n. Ligea |
| Microligia | Sharpe 1909 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 5 p.113 | Emend. Microligea Cory | |
| Microlegia | Verrill,AE & Verrill,AH 1909 | Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia p.365 | Publ. Sept. 23 | Pro Microligea |
| Micromacronus | Amadon 1962 | Condor 64 p.3 | Jan. 30 | M. leytensis Amadon |
| Microlyssa | Riley 1904 | Auk 21 no.4 p.485 | Oct. | N.n. Bellona Mulsant, Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E |
| Micromerops | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.215 | Oct. 30 | Merops boehmi Reichenow |
| Micromonacha | Sclater,PL | Diagn. repr. in 1882 J.Orn. p.120 | ||
| Micromonacha | Sclater,PL 1881 | Monogr.JacamarsPuffbirds pt5 p.132 pl.44 | July | Bucco lanceolata Deville |
| Micromonacha | Sclater,PL 1881 | PZS Pt3 p.777 | Oct. | Bucco lanceolatus Deville |
| Micronetta | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.204 | Oct. 30 | Anas punctata Burchell |
| Micronisus | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.5 | M. gabar (Shaw,G) | |
| Micropalama | Baird,SF 1858 | Rep.Expl.Surv.RR.Pac. 9 p.xxii,xlvii,726 | Tringa himantopus Bonaparte | |
| Micropalama | Baird,SF 1858 | Rep.Expl.Surv.RR.Pac. 9 p.726 | Tringa himantopus Bonaparte | |
| Micropalma | Jerdon 1864 | BirdsIndia 3 ("2 pt2") p.679 | Emend. Micropalama Baird,SF | |
| Micropallas | Coues 1889 | Auk 6 no.1 p.71 | Jan. | N.n. Micrathene Coues 1866 |
| Micropallas | Coues 1889 | Auk 6 p.71 | Jan. | Athene whitneyi Cooper,JG |
| Micropallas | Coues 1889 | Auk 6 p.71 | Jan. | Athene whitneyi Cooper,JG |
| Micropanyptila | Sutton 1928 | Auk 45 no.2 p.135 | April 16 | M. furcata Sutton |
| Microparra | Cabanis 1877 | J.Orn. 25 no.139 p.349 | July | Parra capensis Smith,A |
| Microparra | Cabanis 1877 | Orn.Centralbl. 2 no.12 p.95 | June 15 | Parra capensis Smith,A |
| Micropelia | Heine 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.283 | N.n. Scardafella Bonaparte | |
| Microperdix | Gould 1862 | BirdsAsia[Gould] 7 pt14 pl.3,text | May | Coturnix erythrorhyncha Sykes |
| Microphila | Chubb,C 1921 | Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(9) 7 no.38 p.192 | Feb. | Sporophila castaneiventris Cabanis |
| Microphilemon | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.117 | Dec. 24 | (= Tropidorhynchus citreogularis Gould)" |
| Micropicos | Malherbe 1849 | Mem.Acad.R.Metz 30 p.330 | M. concretus (Reinwardt) etc. | |
| Microplectes | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.270 | Oct. 30 | Ploceus velatus Vieillot |
| Microplectron | Streubel 1842 | Allg.Encyc.[Ersch&Gruber] sect.3 16 p.291 | "C. cambayensis Lath. Temm." (= Perdix asiatica Latham) | |
| Microplecton | Streubel 1842 | Allg.Encyc.[Ersch&Gruber] sect.3 16 p.291 | Coturnix cambayensis | |
| Microploceus | Roberts 1924 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 10 pt3 p.192 | Jan. 31 | |
| Micropodargus | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 2 no.2-3 p.57 | Oct. 23 | Podargus marmoratus Gould |
| Micropogon | Boie,F 1826 | Isis 19 Heft10 col.977 | Bucco cayennensis B. polychrous Ruppell | |
| Micropogon | Ruppell | NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.58,note,60 | "1835" | |
| Micropogon | Boie,F 1826 | Isis col.977 | ||
| Micropogon | Temminck | Pl.Col. Tabl.Meth. p.55 | Emend. | |
| Micropogonius | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.221 | Oct. 30 | Megalaima bilineata Sundevall |
| Micropsite | Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I 1837 | EchoMondeSav. 4 no.57 p.20 | Feb. 4 | Vernacular |
| Micropsites | Bourjot Saint-Hilaire | Hist.Nat.Perroquets pl.100,text | M. pygmaeus (= Psittacus pygmaeus Quoy & Gaimard) | |
| Micropsitta | Lesson 1831 | TraitedOrn. p.646 | Livr. 8? April? | |
| Micropsitta | Lesson 1831 | TraitedOrn. livr.8 p.646 | June | Psittacus (Psittacula) pygmeus Quoy & Gaimard 1830 = Micropsitta chloroxantha Oberholser |
| Micropsittacus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.212 | Oct. 30 | Pionus fuscicapillus Verreaux,J & Des Murs |
| Micropternus | Blyth 1845 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 14 pt1 no.159 p.194 | Picus badius Raffles | |
| Microptera | Nuttall 1834 | Man.Orn.U.S.Can.ed.1 p.192 | Scolopax minor Gmelin,JF | |
| Micropterus | Lesson | Preoccupied by "Micropterus. Lp." | ||
| Micropterus | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 2 p.416 | June | Anas brachyptera Latham |
| Micropterus | Lesson 1831 | TraitedOrn. p.630 | Livr. 8? April? | Anas brachyptera Latham A. cinerea Latham |
| Microptes | Peale 1848 | U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.230,note | Misprint for Microptera Nuttall 1834 | |
| Microptilotis | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.116 | Dec. 24 | Ptilotis gracilis Gould |
| Micropus | Meyer,B & Wolf 1810 | Tasch.deutsch.Vog.[Meyer&Wolf] 1 p.280 | M. murarius Meyer,B [= Hirundo apus Linnaeus] H. alpina Scopoli | |
| Micropus | Swainson 1832 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2["1831"] p.486 | Feb., 1832 | Turdus chalcocephalus Temminck T. bicolor Gray,GR |
| Micropus | Swainson 1837 | Sharpe (P.Z.S. 1881, 797) says type is M. chalcocephalus | ||
| Micropus | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.226 | M. calcocephalus (Temminck) Turdus melanoleucus Gray,JE | |
| Micropygia | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.12 p.599 | Sept. | M. verreauxi Bonaparte M. sclateri Bonaparte M. schomburgi Cabanis |
| Micropygia | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.12 p.599 | Not earlier than Sept. 22 | Crex schomburgkii Schomburgk |
| Microrhopias | Sclater,PL 1862 | Cat.Coll.Am.Birds p.182 | Thamnophilus quixensis Cornalia Formicivora consobrina Sclater,PL F. boucardii Sclater,PL | |
| Microrhynchos | Lesson 1847 | Descr.Mamm.Ois.rec.decouv. p.259 | = Lesson 1844 | Pro Microrhynchus Lesson 1843 |
| Microrhynchus | Lesson 1843 | EchoMondeSav.(2) 10 no.5 col.109 | July 16 | Caprimulgus exilis Lesson |
| Microrhynchos | Lesson 1844 | EchoMondeSav. 11 no.39 col.925 | May 19 | Emend. |
| Microrhynchos | Lesson 1847 | Descr.Mamm.Ois.rec.decouv. p.259 | Emend. Microrhynchus | |
| Microsarcops | Sharpe 1896 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 24 p.133 | Pluvianus cinerea Blyth | |
| Microscelis | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.28 | M. amaurotis (Temminck) | |
| Microscops | Buturlin 1910 | NaschaOchota p.10,13 | November | Strix acadica Gmelin,JF |
| Microserinus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.262 | Oct. 30 | Fringilla mozambica Statius Muller |
| Microsiphonorhis | Chapman 1917 | Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. 37 art.12 p.329 | May 14 | M. brewsteri Chapman |
| Micrositta | Buturlin 1916 | TravauxSoc.Imp.Nat.Petrograd 44 livr.2 p.153,156,169 | Sitta villosa Verreaux,J | |
| Microsittace | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.108 | Nom. nud. | |
| Microsittace | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.150 | March | Psittacus smaragdinus Gmelin,JF = P. ferrugineus Statius Muller |
| Microsittaca | Sharpe 1900 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 2 p.16 | Emend.? | |
| Microspingus | Taczanowski 1874 | PZS Pt1 p.132 | June | M. trifasciatus Taczanowski |
| Microstictus | Hargitt 1890 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 18 p.489 | ||
| Microstilbon | Todd 1913 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 26 p.174 | Aug. 8 | M. insperatus Todd |
| Microtarsus | Eyton 1839 | PZS Pt7 no.78 p.102 | Nov. | M. melanoleucos Eyton |
| Microtarses | Eyton 1856 | Cat.Sp.Birds p.195 | Emend. Microtarsus Eyton | |
| Microtis | Poliakov 1916 | BirdsColl.Irtysh["1915"] p.99 | Issued with 1916 Mess.Orn. 7 no.2 [April 2 (old style)] | M. tetrax (Linnaeus) = Otis tetrax (Linnaeus) |
| Microtribonyx | Sharpe 1893 | BBOC no.5 p.29 | M. ventralis (Gould) | |
| Microtriccus | Ridgway 1905 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 18 p.210 | Sept. 2 | Tyrannulus semiflavus Sclater,PL & Salvin |
| Microtrogon | Bertoni,W 1901 | Av.Nuev.Paraguay p.41 | Enero | M. fulvescens Bertoni,W [= Nonnula rubecula (Spix)] M. galbuloides Bertoni,W |
| Microtrogon | Snethlage,E 1908 | Bol.Mus.Goeldi 5 no.1 p.62 | Feb. | M. ramonianus (Deville & Des Murs) |
| Microtrogon | Goeldi 1908 | Bol.Mus.Goeldi 5 no.1 p.92,94 | Feb. | Trogon ramonianus Des Murs |
| Microura | Gould 1836 | Mag.Zool.Bot. 1 no.1 p.109 | June | Nom. nud. |
| Microura | Gould 1837 | Icon.Av. pt1 pl.[5],text | Aug. | M. squamata Gould |
| Microzalias | Mathews & Iredale 1915 | Ibis(10) 3 no.3 p.597 | July | Puffinus nativitatis Streets |
| Microxenops | Chapman 1914 | Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. 33 p.196 | Mch. 19 | M. milleri Chapman |
| Micruria | Ogilvie-Grant 1898 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 26 p.594 | Brachyramphus hypoleucus Xantus de Vesey Uria craveri Salvadori | |
| Micteria | Brookes,R 1763 | NewSyst.Nat.Hist. 2 p.430 | Emend. Mycteria | |
| Miglyptes | Strickland 1851 | Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] 1 p.19 | Emend. Meiglyptes Swainson | |
| Miglyptes | Salvadori 1887 | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(2) 4 p.531 | Emend. Meiglyptes Swainson | |
| Migratorius | Jaubert 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.379 | July | Merle azuré de Crespon |
| Milans | Boie,F 1822 | Isis 10 Heft5 col.549 | Unintentional emend. Milvus | |
| Miliaria | Brehm,CL 1828 | Isis 21 Heft12 col.1278 | M. germanica Brehm,CL M. peregrina Brehm,CL | |
| Miliaria | Brehm,CL 1831 | Handb.Naturgesch.Vog.Deutschl. p.290 | = Brehm,CL 1828 | M. septentrionalis Brehm,CL M. germanica Brehm,CL M. peregrina Brehm,CL |
| Milligania | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.112 | Dec. 24 | Acanthiza robustirostris Milligan |
| Milnea | Lydekker 1891 | Cat.Foss.BirdsBrit.Mus. p.169 | M. gracilis Lydekker | |
| Milornis | Mulsant & Verreaux,E 1873 | Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches[Mulsant&Verreaux] 1 livr.1 p.55,77 | Phaetornis squalidus P. eurynome P. anthophilus | |
| Milvago | Spix | Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.12 | M. ochrocephalus Spix | |
| Milvaquila | Burmeister 1850 | Verz.zool.Mus.Univ.Halle-Wittenberg p.24 | Possibly used earlier? | Haliastur ponticerianus H. canorus |
| Milvina | Vigors 1824 | Zool.J. 1 p.314 | Used as a division or sub-family name. | |
| Milvulus | Swainson 1827 | Zool.J. 3 no.10 p.165 | Sept. | Tyrannus savana Vieillot |
| Milvulus | Hodgson 1836 | BengalSport.Mag. 8 no.28 p.183 | Oct. 1 | Milvus rotundicauda Hodgson Haliaeetus pondicerianus auct. |
| Milvus | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.413 | Not generic | |
| Milvus | Lacepede 1800 | TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 1 p.425 | "Milan" | |
| Milvus | Daudin 1800 | TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.148 | May | Not generic |
| Milvus | Cuvier 1800 | LeconsdAnat.Comp. 1 tab.2 | April | "Milans" |
| Milvus | Savigny 1809 | Descr.Egypte 1 pt1 livr.1 p.68,87 | M. ictinus Savigny (= Falco milvus Linnaeus) M. aetolius Savigny | |
| Milvus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.69 | Nom. nud. | |
| Milvus | Kaup 1844 | Class.SaugethiereVog. p.114 | M. regalis | |
| Mimeta | Vigors & Horsfield | Trans.Linn.Soc.London 15 pt1 p.326 | Publ. in Feb., 1827? | Emend. Mimetes King,PP |
| Mimetes | ||||
| Mimetes | Stephens 1826 | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 14 pt1 p.266,350,351 | ||
| Mimetes | King,PP | Surv.CoastsAustr.[King] 2 App.B p.418 | M. viridis Latham M. flavocinctus | |
| Mimetes | Gloger | Gemein.Handb.-undHilfsb. p.303 | 184[-] | Emend. Mimus |
| Mimizuku | Hachisuka 1934 | BirdsPhilip.Is pt3 p.50 | Pseudoptynx gurneyi Tweeddale | |
| Mimocichla | Sclater,PL 1859 | PZS Pt(27)2 p.336 | Publ. Aug. | Turdus rubripes Temminck T. plumbeus Linnaeus |
| Mimodes | Ridgway | Diagn. repr. in 1884 J.Orn. p.426 | ||
| Mimodes | Ridgway 1882 | Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 5 p.45 | June 13 | M. graysoni (Baird,SF) |
| Mimocitta | Newton,A 1866 | Ibis(2) 2 no.5 p.121 | Emend. Mimokitta Bryant,H | |
| Mimokitta | Bryant,H 1865 | Proc.BostonSoc.Nat.Hist. 9 p.370 | Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus | |
| Mimus | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 2 p.262,265 | Not generic | |
| Mimus | Boie,F 1826 | Isis 19 col.972 | Turdus polyglottos Linnaeus | |
| Mimus | Boie,F 1826 | Isis 19 Heft10 col.972 | Turdus polyglottus Linnaeus | |
| Mina | Albertis 1877 | SydneyMail p.248 | Emend. Mino (or possibly typ. err.) | |
| Mina | Albertis 1877 | J.Exped.Expl.FlyRiver p.38 | Emend. or lapsus for Mino | |
| Minerva | Shufeldt 1915 | Trans.ConnecticutAcad.ArtsSci. 19 p.42 | Feb. | Aquila antiqua Shufeldt |
| Minla | Hodgson 1837 | Ind.Rev. 2["1838"] | M. ignitincta Hodgson M. castaniceps Hodgson | |
| Minla | Hodgson 1837 | Ind.Rev. 2 no.1 p.32 | Not earlier than Apr. 13 | M. ignotincta Hodgson |
| Mino | Lesson 1827 | Bull.Sci.Nat.[Ferussac] 10 p.158 | Jan. | Mainatus dumontii Lesson |
| Minodoria | Hachisuka 1934 | Tori 8 no.38 p.220 | April | Macronus striaticeps Sharpe |
| Miocitta | Brodkorb 1972 | Condor 74 no.3 p.347 | Autumn | M. galbreathi Brodkorb 1972 |
| Miocorax | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.291 | M. femoralis Miller,L 1929 M. intermedius (Milne-Edwards,A) 1868 M. praecarbo (Ammon) 1918 | |
| Miocorax | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.636 | M. larteti (Milne-Edwards,A) 1871 | |
| Miocorvus | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.1024 | N.n. Miocorax Lambrecht 1933 Handb.Palaeorn. p.636 | |
| Miofulica | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.480 | M. dejardini (Van Beneden) 1872 | |
| Miogallus | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.442 | M. longaevus (Ammon) 1918 | |
| Miocepphus | Wetmore 1940 | J.Morphol. 66 no.1 p.35 fig.11-14 | Jan. 2 | M. mcclungi Wetmore |
| Miohierax | Howard 1944 | Condor 46 no.5 p.236 | Sept. 27 | M. stocki Howard |
| Mionectes | Cabanis 1844 | Arch.Naturgesch. 10 Heft1 p.275 | M. poliocephalus Tschudi Muscicapa oleaginea Lichtenstein,MHK | |
| Mionectes | Cabanis | Gray (Gen. Bds. I, May, 1847, 250) says type is E. poliocephala (Tschudi). | ||
| Myonectes | Staude 1854 | Naumannia 4 p.375 | Emend. Mionectes | |
| Miophasianus | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.439 | M. altus (Milne-Edwards,A) 1871 M. medius (Milne-Edwards,A) 1871 M. desnoyersi (Milne-Edwards,A) 1871 M. augustus (Ammon) 1918 | |
| Miophonus | Schinz | Naturgesch.Abb.Vog. pl.25 | "1830" [—1833?] | Emend. Myophonus Temminck 1822 |
| Miorallus | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.466 | M. major Milne-Edwards,A 1871 | |
| Miosula | Miller,L 1925 | Contrib.Palaeont.CarnegieInst. p.114 | Aug. | M. media Miller,L |
| Miosula | Miller,L 1925 | Contrib.Palaeont.CarnegieInst. no.349 p.114 pl.5 | Aug. | M. media Miller,L |
| Mirafra | Horsfield 1821 | Trans.Linn.Soc.London 13 pt1 p.159 | May | M. javanica Horsfield |
| Miraffra | Hartlaub 1846 | Erst.Nachtr.Verz.Vogel.Mus.Bremen p.14 | Emend. Mirafra Horsfield | |
| Miraffra | Pollen 1863 | Nederl.Tijdschr.Dierk. 1 p.315 | Emend. Mirafra Horsfield | |
| Miraffra | Hartlaub 1887 | Zool.Jahrb. 2 Heft2 p.327 | May 7 | Emend. Mirafra |
| Miro | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.5 p.389 | Nov.-Dec.? | Muscicapa longipes Garnot |
| Misamichus | Stephens 1826 | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 13 pt1 p.185 | Feb. | Not used here |
| Misamichus | Brookes,J 1828 | Cat.Anat.Zool.Mus.J.Brookes pt2 p.104 | July | |
| Miserythrus | Newton,A 1875 | Encycl.Brit.ed.9 3 p.733 | M. leguati = Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards,A | |
| Miserythrus | Newton,A | Dict.Birds[Newton,A] pt3 p.764,note | ||
| Misocalius | Cabanis & Heine 1862 | Mus.Hein. 4 Heft1 p.16 | Signature dated: "18. October 1862". | Cuculus palliolatus Latham |
| Mesocalius | Sharpe 1900 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 2 p.160 | = Gould 1865 | Emend. Misocalius Cabanis |
| Misophaps | Iredale 1956 | BirdsNewGuinea[Iredale] 1 p.xv,78 pl.3 fig.4 | Chalcophaps margarithae Salvadori & Albertis | |
| Mitrephanes | Coues 1882 | Bull.NuttallOrn.Club 7 no.1 p.55 | Jan. | N.n. Mitrephorus Sclater,PL 1859 |
| Mitrephorus | Sclater,PL 1859 | PZS Pt(27)1 p.44 | May | M. phaeocercus Sclater,PL |
| Metrepherus | Elliot 1869 | NewHeretoforeUnfig.BirdsN.Am. 1 pt14-15 Intr. | Slip for Mitrephorus | |
| Metrepherus | Elliot 1869 | NewHeretoforeUnfig.BirdsN.Am. 1 Intr. p.[6] | Spelt Metrephorus in text to pl. XIX | |
| Metrephorus | Elliot 1868 | NewHeretoforeUnfig.BirdsN.Am. 1["1869"] pt9 pl.19,text | Slip for Mitrephorus | |
| Mitrospingus | Ridgway 1898 | Auk 15 no.3 p.225 | Tachyphonus cassini Lawrence | |
| Mitu | Lesson 1831 | TraitedOrn. p.485 | Livr. 7? April? | Ourax mitu Temminck |
| Mixornis | Blyth | p. 794 (note) | Timalia chloris T. gularis Horsfield | |
| Mixornis | Hodgson | Hartlaub, Mag. Zool. 1845, (p. 3, text to Ois. pl. 60) says type is Iora or Timalia chloris Hodgs. Blyth | ||
| Mituporanga | Reichenbach 1861 | Vollst.Naturg.Tauben p.136 | Crax globicera Linnaeus etc. | |
| Mixornis | Blyth 1842 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 11 pt2 no.128 p.794,note | Timalia chloris Blyth T. gularis Horsfield | |
| Mixornis | Hodgson 1844 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 13 pt1 no.149 p.380,note | May | Timalia chloria |
| Mizornis | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.123 | Emend. Myzornis Hodgson | |
| Mixornis | Hodgson 1845 | PZS Pt13 no.146 p.23 | Aug. | M. ruficeps Hodgson |
| Mniotilla | Vieillot 1818 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 24 p.116 | Emend. | |
| Mniotilla | Vieillot 1818 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 24 p.116 | Sept. | Emend. Mniotilta Vieillot |
| Mniotilla | Sundevall 1836 | K.Vet.-Akad.Handl.["1835"] p.97 | Emend. Mniotilta | |
| Mniotilta | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.45 | "Figuier varié, Buff." = Motacilla varia Linnaeus | |
| Mniotilta | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.45 | "Figuier varié, Buff." | |
| Moa | Malherbe 1845 | Bull.Soc.Hist.Nat.Moselle cahier3 p.49 | Prob. not intended as a generic name | |
| Moa | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XXX | Dinornis giganteus Owen | |
| Mochthopoeus | Hartert,E 1929 | Am.Mus.Novit. no.364 p.12 | July 29 | M. amoenus Hartert,E |
| Modulatrix | Ripley 1952 | Postilla no.12 p.[2] | Apr. 2 | Turdinus stictigula Reichenow 1906 |
| Moho | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.4 p.302 | Sept. | Merops fasciculatus Latham |
| Mohoa | Reichenbach 1853 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.11) p.333 | Emend. Moho Lesson | |
| Mohohina | Mathews 1925 | BBOC 45 no.296 p.93 | April 25 | Acrulocercus bishopi Rothschild 1893 |
| Mohua | Lesson 1840 | Rev.Zool. 3 p.268 | Sept. | Emend.? Mohoua Lesson 1840 |
| Molinaea | Jarocki 1821 | Zoologiia 2 p.315 | Aptenodytes chilensis Gmelin,JF = Diomedea chilensis Molina | |
| Mollitor | Iredale 1956 | BirdsNewGuinea[Iredale] 2 p.86 | Eupetes leucostictus Sclater,PL | |
| Molobrus | Preoccupied by Molobrus Latreille. | |||
| Molobrus | Cabanis 1851 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.192,note | Sig. dated "1 September 1851". | Emend. Molothrus |
| Molothrus | Swainson 1831 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2 p.277,494 | After July | Emberiza pecoris Wilson,A |
| Molothrus | Swainson 1832 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2["1831"] p.277 | Fringilla pecoris Gmelin,JF = Oriolus ater Boddaert | |
| Molpastes | Hume | S.F. VIII, 1879, 74. He here says Muscicapa haemorrhousa Gm. is type! | ||
| Molpastes | Hume 1873 | Str.Feath. 1 no.5 p.378,note | July | chrysorrhoides Lafresnaye (= pusillus Blyth) |
| Molybdophanes | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XIV | Ibis coerulescens Vieillot | |
| Momot (side 2) | Lacepede 1801 | Mem.Inst. 3 p.510 | Emend. Momotus | |
| Momota | Shaw,G 1809 | |||
| Momota | Shaw,G 1809 | Nat.Misc. 20 no.9 textpl.861 | May | Emend. |
| Momota | Shaw,G 1812 | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 8 pt1 p.42 | Emend. Momotus | |
| Momota | Fischer von Waldheim 1813 | Zoogn.Tab.Syn.Ill.ed.3 1 p.39 | Emend. Momot Lacepede | |
| Momotula | Reichenbach 1849 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.XLVIII fig. | Dec. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Momotus | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.44 pl.I fig.14; 4 p.465 pl.XXXV fig.3 | Momotus (= Ramphastos momota Linnaeus 1766): 1st sp. mentioned | |
| Momotus | Brunnich 1772 | Zool.Fund. p.84 | ||
| Momus | Mulsant, Verreaux,J & Verreaux,E 1866 | Mem.Soc.Imp.Sci.Nat.Cherbourg 12 p.163 | Pygornis obscurus Gould | |
| Momotus | Latham 1790 | IndexOrn. 1 p.140 | M. brasiliensis Latham (= Ramphastos momota Linnaeus) | |
| Monacha | Sclater,PL 1881 | PZS Pt3 p.776,777 | Oct. | Emend. Monasa Vieillot |
| Monachella | Salvadori | Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova(1) 6 p.82 | M. saxicolina Salvadori | |
| Monacha | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXIV fig. | No specific names here! | |
| Monacha | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.257 | Emend. Monarcha Horsfield & Vigors | |
| Monacha | Sclater,PL 1882 | Monogr.JacamarsPuffbirds pt7 p.xl | July | N.n. Monasa Vieillot |
| Monachalyon | Reichenbach 1851 | Handb.spec.Orn.(Icon.Syn.Av.no.8) p.37 | Dacelo gaudchaudii Quoy & Gaimard D. princeps Forsten | |
| Monachus | Kaup 1829 | Skizz.Entwick.-Gesch.Europ.Thierw. 1 p.33 | Pref. dated April | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Monacula | Jarocki 1821 | Zoologiia 2 p.55 | Pipra albifrons Garnot | |
| Monadon | Stephens | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 9 pt1 p.42 | 1815 [or 1816?] | Bucco cinereus Gmelin,JF |
| Monarcha | Vigors & Horsfield | Trans.Linn.Soc.London 15 pt1 p.254 | Publ. in Feb., 1827? | Muscipeta carinata Swainson |
| Monarchalba | Mathews 1925 | BBOC 45 no.296 p.94 | April 25 | Monarcha menckei Heinroth 1902 |
| Monarchanax | Mathews 1921 | BirdsAustr.[Mathews] 9 pt2 p.93 | April 15 | Muscicapa chrysomela Garnot |
| Monarcharses | Mathews 1925 | BBOC 45 no.296 p.94 | April 25 | Monarcha godeffroyi Hartlaub 1867 |
| Monarches | Hartlaub & Finsch 1871 | PZS Pt1 p.28 | June | Emend. Monarcha |
| Monasa | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.27 | "Coucou noir de Cayenne, Buff." | |
| Monasa | Wagler 1827 | Syst.Av. [p.162] | ||
| Monassa | Swainson 1822 | Zool.Ill. 2 no.19 pl.99,text | Apr. | Emend. Monasa Vieillot |
| Monassa | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.154 | Emend. Monasa | |
| Monassa | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.334 | Emend. Monasa Vieillot | |
| Monasta | Cabanis 1847 | Arch.Naturgesch. 13 Bd.1 p.347 | Cabanis's paper dated "Berlin im Nov. 1847. | Emend. Monasa Vieillot |
| Monasta | Cabanis 1848 | ReisenBrit.-Guiana[Schomburgk] 3 p.719 | Emend. Monasa Vieillot | |
| Monesa | Aulnois 1829 | Cat.Ois.CompteRiocour p.7 | Emend. Monasa Vieillot | |
| Monastes | Heine & Reichenow 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.206 | = Nitzsch 1840 | Emend. Monasa |
| Monaulus | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.51 | Phasianus impejanus Latham | |
| Monias | Oustalet & Grandidier,G 1903 | Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Paris 9 no.1 p.11 | Feb. 17 | M. benschi Oustalet & Grandidier,G |
| Monedula | Moehring 1758 | Gesl.Vog. p.1,16 | ||
| Monedula | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 2 p.24,28 | Not generic | |
| Monedula | Linnaeus 1762 | ReisePalaestina[Hasselquist] p.294 | Upupa pyrrhocorax Linnaeus | |
| Monedula | Nec Monedula "Ltr. Pnz." | |||
| Monedula | Brehm,CL 1828 | Isis 21 Heft12 col.1273 | M. turrium Brehm,CL M. arborea Brehm,CL M. septentrionalis Brehm,CL | |
| Monedula | Brehm,CL 1831 | Handb.Naturgesch.Vog.Deutschl. p.172 | = Brehm,CL 1828 | M. turrium Brehm,CL M. arborea Brehm,CL M. septentrionalis Brehm,CL |
| Monilipitta | Elliot | Monogr.Pittidae[Elliot]ed.2 | 1893-5. | Pitta arcuata |
| Monornis | Hodgson 1844 | Zool.Misc.[Gray,JE] 3 p.85 | "June" | |
| Monticola | Boie,F 1822 | Isis 10 Heft5 col.552 | M. saxatilis M. cyanus | |
| Montifringilla | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 3 p.155,159 | Not generic | |
| Montifringilla | Brehm,CL 1828 | Isis 21 Heft12 col.1277 | M. nivalis Brehm,CL [= Fringilla nivalis Linnaeus] M. glacialis Brehm,CL | |
| Montifringilla | Brehm,CL 1831 | Handb.Naturgesch.Vog.Deutschl. p.269 | = Brehm,CL 1828 | Fringilla nivalis Linnaeus M. glacialis Brehm,CL |
| Moquinus | Bonaparte 1856 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 8 p.253 | M. tandonus Bonaparte | |
| Morenomerceratia | Lambrecht 1933 | Handb.Palaeorn. p.512 | M. cristata (Moreno & Mercerat) 1891 | |
| Moquinus | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 42 no.18 p.820 | Not earlier than May 5 | M. tandonus Bonaparte |
| Morganornis | Mathews 1912 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.5 p.112 | Dec. 24 | Pomatorhinus superciliosus Vigors & Horsfield |
| Morinella | Bartram 1791 | Trav.Carolina | M. americana Zimmermann = Tringa morinella Linnaeus | |
| Morinella | Meyer,B 1810 | Tasch.deutsch.Vog.[Meyer&Wolf] 2 p.383,note | Also: 1822 Zus.Ber.MeyersWolfsTasch.deutsch.Vog. p.164 | M. collaris Meyer,B & Wolf |
| Morinellus | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 5 p.54,58 | Not generic | |
| Morinellus | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.65 | Not used here | |
| Morinellus | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XVIII | = Gray,GR 1840 | M. anglorum Reichenbach |
| Morinellus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.148 | = Gray,GR 1840 | No species mentioned |
| Morinellus | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.8 p.417 | Not earlier than Aug. 25 | M. sibiricus (Gmelin,JF) M. caspius (Pallas) M. australis (Gould) |
| Moris | Leach 1816 | Systemat.Cat.Spec.Indig.Mamm.Birds.Brit.Mus. p.35 | Later than Aug. | Pro Morus Vieillot 1816 |
| Moris | Forster,T 1817 | Syn.Cat.Brit.Birds p.37,59 | Pro Morus Vieillot 1816 | |
| Mormolycia | Reichenbach 1862 | Singvogel pt2 p.67 | Amadina larvata Ruppell | |
| Mormon (side 2) | Illiger 1811 | ProdromusSyst.Mamm.Av. p.283 | Substitute name for Fratercula Brisson | |
| Morococcyx | Sclater,PL 1862 | Cat.Coll.Am.Birds p.322 | ||
| Morocus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.65 | "Sp. do." [of Cuculus Linnaeus] | |
| Morphinus | Vieillot 1816 | Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 1 p.227 | Sept. | |
| Morphinus | Fleming,J 1822 | Philos.Zool. 2 p.235 | Emend. or typ. err. Morphnus | |
| Morphnaetos | Severtzov 1875 | Str.Feath. 3 no.5 p.422 | Nov. | Aquila imperialis A. adalberti A. orientalis A. bifasciata A. glitschii A. rapax A. fulvescens A. clanga A. naevia |
| Morphnarchus | Ridgway 1920 | Smiths.Misc.Coll. 72 no.4 p.2 | Dec. 6 | Leucopternis princeps Sclater,PL |
| Morphnus | Dumont 1816 | Dict.Sci.Nat. 1 Suppl. p.88 | ||
| Morphnus | Cuvier 1817 | RegneAnim. 1 p.318 | Falco urubitinga Linnaeus etc. | |
| Morphnus | Cuvier | RegneAnim. 1 p.318 | "1817" | Falco urubitinga Linnaeus |
| Morus | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.63 | "Fou de Bassan, Buff." | |
| Moscha | Stephens 1824 | Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 12 pt2 p.78 | Not used here | |
| Moscha | Brookes,J 1828 | Cat.Anat.Zool.Mus.J.Brookes pt2 p.102 | July | |
| Moscha | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.95 | Not used here | |
| Moschatus | Lesson 1828 | Man.Orn. 2 p.416 | June | Anas moschata Linnaeus |
| Moschatus | Lesson 1831 | TraitedOrn. p.633 | Livr. 8? April? | Anas moschata Linnaeus |
| Mosqueria | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.137 | Nom. nud. | |
| Motacilla | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.184 | 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 1 p.328 | 34 spp. mentioned |
| Motacilla | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.184 | Note | M. alba Linnaeus |
| Motacilloides | Buturlin 1910 | Mess.Orn. 1 no.2 p.127 | May 1/14 | Pericrocotus cinereus Lafresnaye |
| Moupinia | David & Oustalet 1877 | Ois.Chine[David&Oustalet] p.219 | Alcippe poecilotis Verreaux,J | |
| Moustache | Oken 1817 | Isis 1 Heft8 col.1184 | Probably in a vernacular sense. | |
| Movia | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XXX | Dinornis ingens Owen | |
| Mulleria | Buttikofer 1895 | NotesLeydenMus. 17 no.1-3 note14 p.96 | Aug. | Napothera bivittata Bonaparte |
| Muelleria | Anon. 1896 | Ibis(7) 2 no.6 p.267 | Pro Mulleria Buttikofer 1895 | |
| Muelleripicus | Blyth 1866 | Ibis(n.s.) 2 no.8 p.355 | Pro Mulleripicus Bonaparte 1854 | |
| Mulleripicus | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.129 | Nom. nud. | |
| Mulsantia | Reichenbach 1854 | J.Orn. 1["1853"] Beil.zuExtraheft p.12 | Trochilus mirabilis Loddiges 1847 | |
| Munia | Hodgson 1836 | As.Res. 19 pt1 p.153 | M. rubroniger Hodgson M. acuticauda Hodgson M. lineoventer Hodgson | |
| Muscaccipiter | Minot 1877 | Land-BirdsGame-BirdsNewEngl. p.291 | Described, but not named here | |
| Muscadivora | Schlegel | Dierentuin p.209 | "1872" | |
| Muscadivores | Gray,GR 1855 | + cf. Gray,GR 1840 ListGen.Birds p.57 | ||
| Muscicapa | Tem. gives type as M. grisola (cf. Pl. Col. III, text to pl. 256. f. 1.).? | |||
| Muscadivores | Gray,GR 1855 | Cat.Gen.Subgen.Birds p.98 | Columba aenea Linnaeus | |
| Muscicapa | Vig. + Horsf. (Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond., XV, 242) say "If we select the Muscicapa atricapilla of Linnaeus as the type" | |||
| Muscicapa | Sundevall, Öfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Förh., III, 1846, 224, says type is grisola L. | |||
| Muscicapa | Brisson 1760 | Orn. 1 p.32 pl.VI fig.3; 2 p.357 pl.XXXV fig.3 | Muscicapa (= M. grisola Linnaeus 1766): 1st sp. mentioned | |
| Muscicapa | Linnaeus 1766 | Syst.Nat.ed.12 1 p.324 | = Brisson 1760 | 21 spp. given |
| Muscicapella | Bianchi 1907 | AnnuaireMus.Zool.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 12 no.1 p.14,43 | June | Nemura hodgsoni Moore,F |
| Muscicapoides | Selys-Longchamps 1831 | Dict.Geogr.Prov.Liege[Maelen] App. p.34 | M. imitator Selys-Longchamps (= Sylvia hypolais Linnaeus) M. juncorum Selys-Longchamps M. salicarius Selys-Longchamps | |
| Muscicapula | Blyth 1843 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 12 pt2 no.143 p.939 | M. sapphira M. superciliaris M. melanoleuca M. rubecula | |
| Muscicula | Wood,CT 1837 | Orn.Guide p.189 | Jan. | M. luctuosa |
| Muscicula | Wood,CT 1837 | Orn.Guide p.219 | Jan. | |
| Muscifur | Bangs & Penard,TE 1921 | Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool. 64 no.4 p.376 | Jan. | Myiarchus semirufus Sclater,PL & Salvin |
| Muscigralla | Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837 | Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.61 pl.77,78,79 | M. brevicauda Orbigny & Lafresnaye | |
| Musciparus | Reichenow 1897 | Orn.Monatsb. 5 no.2 p.25 | Feb. | M. tappenbecki Reichenow |
| Muscipeta | Koch 1816 | Syst.BaierischenZool. 1 p.162 pl.4 fig.33 | Sylvia phragmitis Bechstein etc. | |
| Muscipeta | Cuvier 1817 | RegneAnim. 1 p.344 | Muscicapa paradisi Gmelin,JF etc. | |
| Muscipeta | Cuvier | Vig. + Horsf. (Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond., XV, 1826-7, 252) say "From these [i.e. the spp. enum. by Cuv. "as its types"] we may perhaps select the Muscicapa Paradisi of Linnaeus" | ||
| Muscipeta | Cuvier | |||
| Musciphaga (side 2) | Lesson 1837 | OeuvresCompl.Buffon 8 p.377 | Muscicapa diops Temminck etc. | |
| Muscipipra | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.5 p.387 | ||
| Muscipipra | Lesson 1837 | OeuvresCompl.Buffon 8 p.366 | Muscicapa longipernis Lesson | |
| Muscisaxicola | Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837 | Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.65 pl.77,78,79 | M. rufivertex Orbigny & Lafresnaye etc. | |
| Muscisylva | Gray,GR 1849 | Gen.Birds 3 App. p.53 | Pro Muscylva Lesson 1831 | |
| Muscisylvia | Hodgson 1844 | Zool.Misc.[Gray,JE] 3 p.83 | "June" | |
| Muscisylvia | Hodgson 1845 | PZS Pt13 no.146 p.27 | Aug. | M. leucura Hodgson |
| Muscisylvia | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.126 | Emend. Muscylvia Lesson | |
| Musciterpe | Mathews 1923 | BirdsAustr.[Mathews] Suppl. No.2 p.131 | July 26 | Pachycephala simplex Gould |
| Muscitode | Jacquinot & Pucheran 1853 | Voy.PoleSudZool. 3 p.78 | Atlas, pl. 20, f. 2. Oct. 1844. | Not generic |
| Muscitrea | Blyth | Orig. descr. repr. in Str.Feath. 5 p.101 | ||
| Muscitrea | Blyth 1847 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 16 pt1 p.121 | For Feb. | M. cinerea Blyth |
| Muscivora | Lacepede 1800 | TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 1 p.426 | "Moucherolle" | |
| Muscivora | Lacepede 1799 | Tabl.Ois. p.5 | Muscicapa forficata Gmelin,JF | |
| Muscivora | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.67 | Nom. nud. | |
| Muscylva | Lesson 1837 | OeuvresCompl.Buffon 8 p.366 | = Lesson 1831 | |
| Muscylva | Lesson 1837 | OeuvresCompl.Buffon 8 p.366 | = Lesson 1831 | M. albogularis Lesson |
| Muscylva | Lesson | TraitedOrn. livr.5 p.385 | Muscicapa caerulea Gmelin,JF | |
| Muscylva | Lesson 1832 | Voy.Ind.Orient.[Belanger] Zool. pt4 p.264 | Aug. | Muscicapa (Muscylva) albogularis Lesson |
| Muscylvia | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.30 | Emend. | |
| Muscylvia | Gray,GR 1849 | Gen.Birds 3 App. p.53 | Pro Muscisylvia Hodgson 1845 | |
| Musicus | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXXXVIII fig. | Aug. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Musofaga | Palacky 1891 | J.Orn. p.399 | "Oct." | Emend.? Musophaga |
| Musophaga | Isert 1788 | Schrift.Ges.Nat.Freund.Berlin 9 pt1 p.17 pl.1 | M. violacea Isert | |
| Musovora | Billberg 1828 | Syn.Faun.Scand. 1 pt2 tab.A | N.n. Musophaga Isert | |
| Mussicapa | Temminck 1807 | Cat.Syst.Cab.Orn.Quad. p.114-119 | Emend. Muscicapa | |
| Mustelirallus | Bonaparte 1856 | Compt.Rend. 43 no.12 p.599 | Not earlier than Sept. 22 | Rallus albicollis Vieillot |
| Mustoxydes | Gistel 1848 | Naturgesch.Thierr.HohereSchulen p.ix | N.n. Francolinus | |
| Myadestes | Swainson | |||
| Myadestes | Swainson 1838 | |||
| Myadestes | Swainson 1838 | Nat.Libr. 21(Flycatchers) p.132 | May | M. genibarbis Swainson |
| Myadestes | Swainson 1838 | Nat.Libr. 13(Flycatchers) p.132 | M. genibarbis Swainson | |
| Myidastes | Hartert,E 1891 | Kat.Vogel.Mus.Senck.naturfor.Frankfurt p.98 | Emend. Myadestes | |
| Myagrus | Boie,F 1826 | Isis 19 Heft10 col.973 | Turdus auritus Latham | |
| Mycerobas | Cabanis 1847 | Arch.Naturgesch. 13 Bd.1 p.350 | Coccothraustes melanoxanthus Hodgson C. icteroides Vigors C. ferreorostris Vigors | |
| Myiagrus | Wied-Neuwied 1831 | Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 Abth.2 p.1045 | Emend. Myagrus Boie,F | |
| Mychrorynchus | Lesson 1843 | EchoMondeSav.(2) 10 no.32 col.756 | Oct. 22 | Ornismya heteropogon Boissonneau O. coruscus Fraser O. iris Lesson etc. |
| Mycteria | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.140 | M. americana Linnaeus | |
| Mycrocygna | Hodgson 1855 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 24 p.581 | Emend. Microcygna | |
| Mycropogon | Temminck 1830 | Pl.Col. livr.83 texttoGenusMycropogon | Feb. | |
| Mycteria | Linnaeus 1758 | Syst.Nat.ed.10 1 p.140 | 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 1 p.232 | M. americana |
| Mycteria | μυκτήρ, "nez, trompe" is deriv. given by Lesson (Man. II, 248). | |||
| Micteria | Des Murs 1856 | Exped.Am.Sud.Zool.[Castelnau] Ois.["1855"] p.79 | Emend. Mycteria | |
| Myiabeillia | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.137 | Nom. nud.? | |
| Myiabeillia | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.253 | May | M. typica Bonaparte (Trochilus abeillii Delattre & Lesson) |
| Myiabellia | Sclater,PL 1857 | PZS Pt25 no.328 p.17 | Publ. June 6 | Lapsus or emend. |
| Myiaetina | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.249 | May | N.n. Eutoxeres Reichenbach |
| Myiacleptes | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiadectes | Hartlaub 1854 | J.Orn. p.260 | = Bonaparte 1854 [Jan.] | Pro Myadestes Swainson |
| Myiadectes | Sclater,PL 1858 | PZS Pt26 no.365 p.302 | Emend. Myadestes | |
| Myiaetina | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.136 | ||
| Myiagra | Vigors & Horsfield | Trans.Linn.Soc.London 15 pt1 p.250 | Publ. in Feb., 1827? | M. rubecoloides Vigors & Horsfield etc. |
| Myiagroides | Reichenow 1874 | J.Orn. 22 no.125 p.102 | Jan. | M. conspicuus Reichenow |
| Myialestes | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiapeillea | Waterhouse,FH | Myiapeillia Giebel | Pro Myiabeillia Bonaparte 1854 | |
| Myiaphanistes | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXV fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiarchus | Cabanis 1844 | Gray (Gen. Bds. I. May, 1847, 248) says M. ferox (Gm.) is "type". | ||
| Myiarchus | Cabanis 1844 | Arch.Naturgesch. Heft1 p.272 | Muscicapa ferox Gmelin,JF | |
| Myiarchus | Cabanis 1844 | Arch.Naturgesch. 10 Heft1 p.272 | Muscicapa ferox Gmelin,JF etc. | |
| Myarchus | Leybold 1873 | Escurs.PampasArjentinas p.5,62 | Emend. Myiarchus | |
| Myidestes | Swainson 1838 | Nat.Libr. 21(Flycatchers) p.134 | May | Emend. or slip for Myadestes Swainson |
| Myiedestes | Sharpe 1903 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 4 p.112 | Emend. Myadestes Swainson | |
| Myiobius | Darwin 1839 | Zool.Voy.Beagle[Darwin] pt9 p.46 | July | N.n. Tyrannula Swainson |
| Myiobius | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.30 | Muscipeta barbatus (Gmelin,JF) | |
| Myioborus | Baird,SF 1865 | Rev.Am.Birds 1 p.237 | Setophaga verticalis Swainson | |
| Myiocapta | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.134 | Nom. nud. | |
| Myioceyx | Sharpe 1871 | Monogr.Alcedin. pt14-15 Intr. p.xi,xiii | Jan. 1 | Ispidina ruficeps Hartlaub |
| Myioceyx | Sharpe 1871 | Monogr.Alcedin. Intr. p.xi,xiii | Gray, H.-L., III, 1871, 157, says type is ruficeps Hartl. | |
| Myiochanes | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.71 | Sig. dated "30. September 1859". | |
| Myiochanes | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.71 | Platyrhynchus cinereus Spix | |
| Myiocichla | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.118 | Nom. nud. | |
| Myiocichla | Bonaparte 1854 | Compt.Rend. 38 p.6,note | M. ochrata Bonaparte | |
| Myiocichla | Bonaparte | Scl. (P.Z.S. 1858, 542) says type is M. ochrata (= Cichlopsis leucogonys Cab.). | ||
| Myiocichla | Bonaparte | |||
| Myioctonus | Cabanis 1850 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.18 | N.n. Myiodioctes Audubon | |
| Myiodectes | Newton,A 1896 | Dict.Birds[Newton,A] pt4 p.1028,note | Emend. Myadestes Swainson | |
| Myiodioctes | Audubon 1839 | Syn.BirdsN.Am. p.48 | Motacilla mitrata Gmelin,JF etc. | |
| Myiidioctes | Sclater,PL 1858 | PZS Pt26 no.365 p.299 | Publ. Nov. 9 | Emend. Myiodioctes |
| Myiidioctes | Sclater,PL 1858 | PZS Pt26 no.369 p.358 | Publ. Nov. 9 | Emend. |
| Myiodynastes | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt3 p.133 | Nom. nud. | |
| Myiodynastes | Bonaparte 1854 | Compt.Rend. 38 p.657 | 1857 Bull.Soc.Linn.Normandie 2 p.35 | Nom. nud. |
| Myiodynastes | Bonaparte 1857 | Bull.Soc.Linn.Normandie 2 p.35 | Muscicapa audax Gmelin,JF | |
| Myiolestes | Bonaparte 1850 | Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.358 | Muscicapa megarhyncha Quoy & Gaimard etc. | |
| Myiolestes | Cabanis 1851 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.67 | Muscicapa obscura Horsfield | |
| Myiomela | Gray,GR 1846 | Gen.Birds 1 p.[178] | N.n. Muscisylvia Hodgson 1845 | |
| Myiomoira | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiomoira | Reichenbach | Used by Finsch, J.f.o. 1872, 163. | ||
| Myionax | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.73 | Sig. dated "8. October 1859". | Muscicapa crinita Linnaeus Tyrannula mexicana Kaup |
| Myiopagis | Salvin & Godman 1888 | Biol.Centr.-Am. 2 p.26 | Dec. | Elainea placens Sclater,PL |
| Myioparus | Roberts 1922 | Ann.TransvaalMus. 8 pt4 p.225 | Oct. 30 | Parisoma plumbeum Hartlaub |
| Myiopatis | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.58 | Sig. dated "23. September 1859". | Muscipeta incanescens Wied-Neuwied |
| Myiophaga | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.5 p.395 | Nov.-Dec.? | Pitta glaucina Temminck Myiothera andromedae Temminck |
| Myiophila | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiophila | Hartlaub 1857 | Syst.Orn.Westafr. p.95 | May or June | Platystira concreta Hartlaub |
| Myiophobus | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiophthorus | Bertoni,W 1901 | Av.Nuev.Paraguay p.128 | Enero | M. morenoanus Bertoni,W |
| Myiopsar | Cabanis 1876 | J.Orn. 24 no.133 p.93 | Jan. | M. cryptopyrrhus Cabanis |
| Myiopsitta | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.108 | Nom. nud. | |
| Myiopsitta | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.150 | March | Psittacus monachus Boddaert |
| Myiopsittacus | Sharpe 1892 | Zool.Rec. 28 Aves p.52 | Pro Myiopsitta Bonaparte 1854 | |
| Myiornis | Gloger | Gemein.Handb.-undHilfsb. p.351 | 184[-] | Emend. Ornismyia Lesson |
| Myiornis | Bertoni,W 1901 | Av.Nuev.Paraguay p.129 | Enero | Euscarthmus minutus Bertoni,W |
| Myiortyx | Miller,AH 1944 | Univ.Calif.Pub.Bull.Dept.Geol. 27 no.4 p.93 | Miortyx teres Miller,AH | |
| Myioscopus | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVII fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myioscopus | Reichenbach | Used by Finsch, J.f.o. 1872, 112. | ||
| Myiosobus | Reichenow 1891 | J.Orn. 39 no.194 p.210 | Apr. | M. fulvicauda Reichenow (= Tricholestes criniger (Blyth)) |
| Myiospiza | Sharpe 1909 | Hand-listGen.Spec.Birds[Sharpe] 5 p.295 | = Sharpe 1899 | Emend. Myospiza Ridgway |
| Myiosympotes | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXV fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiothera | Illiger | Sw., Zool. Journ., I, 1824, 301 (note), + 302 refers to "Turdus colma (Pl. Enl. 821)" as the type | ||
| Myiothera | Illiger 1811 | ProdromusSyst.Mamm.Av. p.218 | N.n. Myrmecophaga Lacepede 1799 | |
| Myiothera | Illiger 1811 | Swains. (Zool. Journ., I, Oct., 1824, 302) says "Turdus Colma, the bird which forms the original type of Illiger's genus Myothera." | ||
| Myiotheras | Morris 1837 | Naturalist 2 no.9 p.125 | June | M. luctuosus M. griseus |
| Myiotheretes | Reichenbach 1850 | Av.Syst.Nat. pl.LXVI fig. | Mch. 1 | No specific names here! |
| Myiotherina | Swainson 1827 | Zool.J. 3 no.10 p.166 | Sept. | Not generic. Used as a sub-family name |
| Myotherinae | Swainson 1831 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] p.486 | Subfamily | |
| Myiotheras | Morris 1837 | Naturalist 2 no.9 p.125 | June | M. luctuosus M. griseus |
| Myiothlypis | Cabanis 1850 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.17 | Trichas nigrocristatus Lafresnaye | |
| Myiotriccus | Ridgway 1905 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 18 p.207 | Sept. 2 | Tyrannula phoenicura Sclater,PL |
| Myiotrichas | Boie,F 1831 | Isis 24 Heft5 col.542 | Substitute name for Myioturdus Boie,F | |
| Myioturdus | Boie,F 1826 | Isis 19 Heft10 col.972 | Turdus rex Linnaeus | |
| Myiozeta | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 p.134 | Nom. nud. | |
| Myiozetetes | Sclater,PL 1859 | PZS Pt(27)1 p.46 | May | |
| Myletes | Mulsant & Verreaux,E 1874 | Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches[Mulsant&Verreaux] 1 livr.4 p.284 | Amazilia yucatanensis A. cerviniventris | |
| Myoceyx | Murie,J 1872 | Ibis(3) 2 no.8 p.398,406,408 | Oct. | Pro Myioceyx Sharpe 1871 |
| Myocincla | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.230 | M. colma | |
| Myocincla | Lesson 1839 | Rev.Zool. 2 p.136 | May | Emend. |
| Myola | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.8 p.195 | March 20 | Ardea pacifica Latham |
| Myophaga | Lesson 1839 | Rev.Zool. 2 p.136 | May | Emend. Myiophaga |
| Myophorus | Boie,H 1828 | Bijdr.Natuurk.Wetensch. 3 pt1 p.238 | Emend.? Myophonus Temminck 1822 | |
| Myophonus | Temminck 1822 | Pl.Col. livr.29 pl.170 | Dec. | M. metallicus Temminck |
| Myiophonus | Boie,H 1828 | Isis col.1029 | Pro — | |
| Myiophoneus | Temminck | Pl.Col. livr."29" text | Pro Myophonus Temminck 1822 | |
| Myophoneus | Temminck 1839 | Pl.Col. Tab.Meth. p.15 | Jan. | Emend. or lapsus for Myiophoneus |
| Myiophonus | Jerdon 1862 | BirdsIndia 1 p.485 | For Myophonus Temminck | |
| Myopornis | Reichenow 1901 | J.Orn. 49 no.2 p.285 | April | Bradyornis bohmi Reichenow |
| Myopsittacus | Salvadori 1891 | Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 20 p.231 | Emend. Myiopsitta Bonaparte 1854 | |
| Myornis | Chapman 1915 | Auk 32 no.4 p.410 | Oct. | Merulaxis senilis Lafresnaye |
| Myospiza | Ridgway 1898 | Auk 15 no.3 p.224 | Fringilla manimbe Lichtenstein,MHK | |
| Myotthera | Spix | Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.72 | Misprint for Myothera | |
| Myoturdus | Sundevall 1836 | K.Vet.-Akad.Handl.["1835"] p.94 | Muscicapa carolinensis Linnaeus | |
| Myrafra | Swainson 1832 | FaunaBor.-Am.[Swainson&Richardson] 2 p.243 | Swainson 1837 Class.Birds 2 p.125 | Emend. Mirafra |
| Myrafra | Swainson 1837 | Class.Birds 2 p.292 | Emend. Mirafra Horsfield | |
| Myrafra | Jerdon 1840 | MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 11 no.26 p.32 | Emend. Mirafra | |
| Myrafra | Gray,GR 1840 | ListGen.Birds p.48 | Emend. | |
| Myriphaga | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.69 | "Sp. do." [of Columba Linnaeus] | |
| Myristicivora | Reichenbach 1852 | Av.Syst.Nat. p.XXVI | Columba littoralis Temminck | |
| Myrmecisa | Pelzeln 1869 | Orn.Brasil. Abth.2 p.87 | Pro Myrmeciza | |
| Myrmeciza | Gray,GR 1841 | ListGen.BirdsEd.2 p.34 | N.n. Drymophila Swainson 1824 | |
| Myrmecocichla | Cabanis 1850 | Mus.Hein. 1 p.8 | Sylvia formicivora Vieillot etc. | |
| Myrmecophaga | Lacepede 1800 | TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 1 p.426 | "Fourmillier" | |
| Myrmecophaga (side 2) | Lacepede 1801 | Mem.Inst. 3 p.507 | "Fourmillier" | |
| Myrmedestes | Todd 1927 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 40 p.172 | Dec. 2 | Turdus ferrugineus Statius Muller |
| Myrmelastes | Sclater,PL 1858 | PZS Pt26 no.364 p.274 | Publ. Nov. 9 | M. plumbeus Sclater,PL M. nigerrimus Sclater,PL |
| Myrmia | Mulsant 1876 | Ann.Soc.Linn.n.s. 22 p.228 | M. micrura Gould | |
| Myrmisus | Rafinesque 1815 | AnalyseNat. p.67 | Nom. nud. | |
| Myrmoborus | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.9 | Sig. dated "19. Juli 1859". | Pithys leucophrys Tschudi |
| Myrmochanes | Allen,JA 1889 | Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. 2 no.2 p.95 | Mch. 22 | M. hypoleucus Allen,JA |
| Myrmoderus | Ridgway 1909 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 22 p.70 | April 17 | Myiothera loricata Lichtenstein,MHK |
| Myrmonax | Cabanis 1847 | Arch.Naturgesch. 13 Bd.1 Heft2 p.210 | Cabanis's paper dated "Berlin im January 1847." | N.n. Drymophila Swainson |
| Myrmopagis | Ridgway 1909 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 22 p.69 | April 17 | Myrmothera axillaris Vieillot |
| Myrmophila | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.12 | Sig. dated "19. Juli 1859". | Formicivora brevicauda Swainson Myrmothera axillaris Vieillot |
| Myrmophylax | Todd 1927 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 40 p.172 | Dec. 2 | Formicarius atrothorax Boddaert |
| Myrmorchilus | Ridgway 1909 | Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 22 p.69 | April 17 | Myiothera strigilata Wied-Neuwied |
| Myrmothera | Vieillot 1816 | Analyse p.43 | "Béfroi" | |
| Myrmotherium | Cabanis & Heine 1859 | Mus.Hein. 2 p.12,note | Sig. dated "19. Juli 1859". | N.n. or emend. Myrmotherula Sclater,PL |
| Myrmotherula | Sclater,PL 1858 | PZS Pt26 no.361 p.234 | Publ. Nov. 9 | Muscicapa pygmaea Gmelin,JF etc. |
| Myrmotherula | Sclater,PL 1858 | Types | ||
| Myrtha | Bonaparte 1854 | Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(4) 1 pt2 p.112 | Nom. nud. | |
| Myrtha | Bonaparte 1854 | Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 6 p.541 | Oct. | pagodarum Temminck leptogrammica Temminck sumatrana |
| Myrtis | Reichenbach 1854 | J.Orn. 1["1853"] Beil.zuExtraheft p.13 | Ornismya fanny Lesson 1838 O. elisa Lesson 1839 | |
| Mystacinus | Boie,F 1822 | Isis 10 Heft5 col.556 | biarmicus | |
| Mystacornis | Sharpe 1870 | PZS Pt2 p.392,textfig. | Nov. | Bernieria crossleyi Grandidier,A |
| Mythinia | Mulsant & Verreaux,E 1876 | Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches[Mulsant&Verreaux] 3 livr.3 p.235,245 | ||
| Mystrorhamphus | Heine 1890 | Nomen.Mus.Heine.Orn.[Heine&Reichenow] p.313 | N.n. Ajaja Reichenbach | |
| Mytinia | Mulsant 1876 | Ann.Soc.Linn.n.s. 22 p.224 | M. laetitiae Bourcier & Mulsant | |
| Mytisa | Mathews 1913 | AustralAv.Rec. 1 no.8 p.196 | March 20 | Diaphorillas howei Mathews |
| Myza | Meyer,AB & Wiglesworth 1895 | Abh.Ber.Mus.Dresden 5 no.8 p.11 | M. sarasinorum Meyer,AB & Wiglesworth | |
| Myzantha | Vigors & Horsfield | Trans.Linn.Soc.London 15 pt1 p.318 | Publ. in Feb., 1827? | Merops garrulus Latham |
| Myzantha | Lesson 1830 | TraitedOrn. livr.4 p.302 | Philedon chrysotis Lesson | |
| Myzanthe | Blyth 1843 | J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 12 pt2 no.143 p.983 | Dicaeum hirundinaceum M. ignipectus |