Gavicalis | |
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Gavicalis virescens (singing honeyeater) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Gavicalis Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999 |
Type species | |
Melithreptus virescens[1] Vieillot, 1817
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Gavicalis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Guinea and Australia. It contains 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 three species:[3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Gavicalis versicolor | Varied honeyeater | New Guinea, northeast Australia | |
Gavicalis fasciogularis | Mangrove honeyeater | east Australia | |
Gavicalis virescens | Singing honeyeater | Australia |
The name Gavicalis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologists Richard Schodde and Ian Mason in 1999.[4] The word is an anagram of Caligavis introduced by Tom Iredale.[5]