Lichenostomus

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Lichenostomus
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops).jpg
Yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Lichenostomus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Lichenostomus occidentalis [1]
Cabanis, 1851

Lichenostomus is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia.

The genus formerly contained twenty species but it was split after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the genus was polyphyletic. [2] Former members were moved to the six new genera: Nesoptilotis , Bolemoreus , Caligavis , Stomiopera , Gavicalis and Ptilotula . [2]

The genus contains two species: [3]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) - Flickr - Lip Kee (1).jpg Lichenostomus melanops Yellow-tufted honeyeater east and southeast Australia
Lichenostomus cratitius.jpg Lichenostomus cratitius Purple-gaped honeyeater southwest and south-central Australia

The name Lichenostomus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1851. [4] The word is derived from the Greek leikhēn meaning lichen or callous and stoma meaning mouth. [5]

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References

  1. "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. 1 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 29 January 2016.
  4. Cabanis, Jean Louis (1851). Museum Heineannum (Volume 1) (in German). Halberstadt. p. 119.
  5. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  226. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.