Class Aves Family Meliphagidae | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Rank Genus | |
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Similar Yellow‑faced honeyeater, Ptilotula, Passerine, Oreoicidae, Varied honeyeater | ||
Caligavis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Guinea and Australia. It includes former members of Lichenostomus, and was created after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.
The genus contains three species:
The name Caligavis was first proposed by the English-born ornithologist Tom Iredale in 1956. The word is derived from the Latin caligo meaning obscurity and avis bird.
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