Woodfordia

Woodfordia is also a genus of plants in family Lythraceae; see also its species Woodfordia fruticosa.
Woodfordia
Woodfordia superciliosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Woodfordia
North, 1906

Woodfordia is a genus of bird in the Zosteropidae family. The genus is named after Charles Morris Woodford (1852-1927) who discovered the species (W. superciliosa) in the Solomon Islands. It contains the following species:

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