Until recently, the birds in this genus were thought to belong to the family Meliphagidae ( honeyeaters ) because they looked and acted so similar to members of that family, including many phylogenetic analysis of DNA from museum specimens, that the genera " Moho " and " Chaetoptila " do not belong to the Meliphagidae but instead belong to a group that includes the waxwings and the palmchat; they appear especially close to the silky-flycatchers.
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Until recently, the birds in this genus were thought to belong to the family Meliphagidae ( honeyeaters ) because they looked and acted so similar to members of that family, including many phylogenetic analysis of DNA from museum specimens, that the genera " Moho " and " Chaetoptila " do not belong to the Meliphagidae but instead belong to a group that includes the waxwings and the palmchat; they appear especially close to the silky-flycatchers.
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When approached by humans or other potential threats, males at bowers and females at nests often mimic the calls of predatory birds such as the wedge-tailed eagle ( " Aquila audax " ), blue-winged kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii ), grey-crowned babbler ( " Pomatostomus temporalis " ), grey butcherbird ( " Cracticus torquatus " ), pied butcherbird ( " Cracticus nigrogulari " s ), australian magpie ( " Gymnorhina tibicen " ), australian raven ( " Corvus coronoides " ), apostlebird ( " Struthidea cinerea " ) and honeyeaters ( Meliphagidae spp . ) among others . 466x466px
