Caligavis

Caligavis
Caligavis chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Caligavis Iredale, 1956
Type species
Ptilotis obscura [1] De Vis 1897

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. ^[2]

Species

The genus contains three species: ^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	C. chrysops	Yellow-faced honeyeater	south, east Australia
	C. subfrenata	Black-throated honeyeater	New Guinea
	C. obscura	Obscure honeyeater	New Guinea

The name Caligavis was first proposed by the English-born ornithologist Tom Iredale in 1956. ^{[4] [5]} The word is derived from the Latin caligo meaning obscurity and avis bird. ^[6]

References

1. "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
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. Bibcode:2011EmuAO.111..202N. 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.
4. Iredale, Tom (1956). Birds of New Guinea, Volume 2. Melbourne: Georgian House. p. 150. OCLC   54363570.
5. Salomonsen, F. (1967). "Family Maliphagidae, Honeyeaters". In Paynter, R.A. Jnr. (ed.). Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 12). Vol. 12. Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 366.
6. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  84. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.