Nesoptilotis

Nesoptilotis
Nesoptilotis leucotis (white-eared honeyeater)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Nesoptilotis Mathews, 1913
Type species
Ptilotis flavigula [1] Gould, 1838

Nesoptilotis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia and Tasmania. The genus consists of two former members of Lichenostomus , and was created after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. ^[2]

The genus contains two species: ^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	N. flavicollis	Yellow-throated honeyeater	Tasmania
	N. leucotis	White-eared honeyeater	southwest, south and east Australia

The name Nesoptilotis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1913. ^{[4] [5]} The word is derived from the Greek nēsos island (i.e. Tasmania), ptilon feather and -ōtis eared. ^[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.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
4. Mathews, Gregory M. (1913). "New generic names with some notes on others". Austral Avian Record. 2: 55–62 [60].
5. Salomonsen, F. (1967). "Family Maliphagidae, Honeyeaters". In Paynter, R.A. Jnr. (ed.). Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 12). Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 365.
6. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp.  269, 321. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.