White-gaped honeyeater

White-gaped honeyeater
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Stomiopera
Species:	S. unicolor
Binomial name
Stomiopera unicolor (Gould, 1843)
Synonyms
Lichenostomus unicolor

The white-gaped honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

The white-gaped honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus , but was moved to Stomiopera after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Stomiopera unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22704067A93951036. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22704067A93951036.en . Retrieved 12 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. 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.