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Description
Holomeliphagus remotus is a descendant of modern meliphagid birds that will live 30 million years in the future, in North Africa. Weirdly enough, meliphagids are, today, exclusively Oceanic birds, not contacting with other continents with such intensity. The fusion of Australia and New Guinea with Southeast Asia will allow meliphagids to spread into other continents, including Asia and Africa. Interesting, however, is that Holomeliphagus is, phylogenetically, more related to the modern New Zealand tui bird. This points that tui descendants must have migrated again into Australia and then layed a descendance into Asia and Africa. These, however, belong to the new family Futurameliphagidae.

Holomeliphagus is a quite small animal, compared to its 30 centimeter ancestor. It now measures 14 centimeters. Its curved beak is, obviously, a feature that allows this bird to be a pollinator, feeding on the nectar of flowers, like its modern counterparts. In the desert, flowers are surprisingly common, and these birds have a reliable food source. Five different species are known to have directly evolved from the tui bird, and they all seem to be found in the Afroeurasia region.

Description
Holomeliphagus remotus is a descendant of modern meliphagid birds that will live 30 million years in the future, in North Africa. Weirdly enough, meliphagids are, today, exclusively Oceanic birds, not contacting with other continents with such intensity. The fusion of Australia and New Guinea with Southeast Asia will allow meliphagids to spread into other continents, including Asia and Africa. Interesting, however, is that Holomeliphagus is, phylogenetically, more related to the modern New Zealand tui bird. This points that tui descendants must have migrated again into Australia and then layed a descendance into Asia and Africa. These, however, belong to the new family Futurameliphagidae.

Holomeliphagus is a quite small animal, compared to its 30 centimeter ancestor. It now measures 14 centimeters. Its curved beak is, obviously, a feature that allows this bird to be a pollinator, feeding on the nectar of flowers, like its modern counterparts. In the desert, flowers are surprisingly common, and these birds have a reliable food source. Five different species are known to have directly evolved from the tui bird, and they all seem to be found in the Afroeurasia region.