Anthornis

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Anthornis melanura 2.jpg

| image_caption = New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)

| taxon = Anthornis

| authority = G.R. Gray, 1840

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Anthornis melanura
• Anthornis melanocephala †

| type_species = The New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura){{Cite web |year=2022 |title=Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand |url=https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/checklist-2022.pdf |publisher=Ornithological Society of New Zealand |place=Wellington |page=203-204 |edition=5th}}

}}

Anthornis is a bird genus in the honeyeater family (Meliphagidae). Its members are called bellbirds. According to genetic data, it is a sister genus to Prosthemadera.{{Cite journal|last1=Higgins|first1=P|last2=Christidis|first2=L|last3=Ford|first3=H|editor-last=del Hoyo|editor-first=J|editor2-last=Elliott|editor2-first=A|editor3-last=Sargatal|editor3-first=J|editor4-last=Christie|editor4-first=D. A.|editor5-last=Juana|editor5-first=E.|title=New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura)|url=https://www.hbw.com/node/60267|journal=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive|year=2020|location=Barcelona|publisher=Lynx Edicions|doi=10.2173/bow.nezbel1.01|s2cid=216316169|url-access=subscription}}

It contains the following species:

• New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura
• Chatham Islands bellbird, Anthornis melanocephala (extinct){{Cite journal|last1=Bartle|first1=J. A.|last2=Sagar|first2=P. M.|date=1987|title=Intraspecific variation in the New Zealand bellbird Anthornis melanura|url=https://www.notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_34_4.pdf#page=5|journal=Notornis|volume=34|pages=253–306|access-date=2019-12-03|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190445/https://www.notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_34_4.pdf#page=5|url-status=dead}}

They are named bellbirds because their call sounds like a bell. Young male bellbirds copy the calls of neighbouring older males. Sometimes two males can sing in almost perfect unison because one has been copying the other.