Black-throated honeyeater

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Black-throated honeyeater
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Caligavis
Species:
C. subfrenata
Binomial name
Caligavis subfrenata
(Salvadori, 1876)
Synonyms

Lichenostomus subfrenatusSalvadori, 1876

The black-throated honeyeater (Caligavis subfrenata) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The black-throated honeyeater was originally described in 1876 as Lichenostomus subfrenatus, but was moved to Caligavis after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that Lichenostomus was polyphyletic. [2] [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Caligavis subfrenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22704037A130247738. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704037A130247738.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Nyári, Á.S.; Joseph, L. (2011). "Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and historical development of Australo–Papuan bird communities". Emu. 111 (3): 202–211. doi:10.1071/mu10047. S2CID   85333285.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.