Biology:Caligavis
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Caligavis | |
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| Caligavis chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Caligavis Iredale, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| Ptilotis obscura[1] De Vis 1897
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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 |
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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
- ↑ "Melaphagidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=119.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/honeyeaters/.
- ↑ Iredale, Tom (1956). Birds of New Guinea, Volume 2. Melbourne: Georgian House. p. 150. OCLC 54363570.
- ↑ Salomonsen, F. (1967). "Family Maliphagidae, Honeyeaters". in Paynter, R.A. Jnr.. Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 12). 12. Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 366. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14482483.
- ↑ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling.
Wikidata ☰ Q14920530 entry
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