Caligavis Explained

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.^[1]

Species

The genus contains three species:^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	C. chrysops		south, east Australia
	C. subfrenata		New Guinea
	C. obscura	Obscure honeyeater	New Guinea

The name Caligavis was first proposed by the English-born ornithologist Tom Iredale in 1956.^{[3] [4]} The word is derived from the Latin caligo meaning obscurity and avis bird.^[5]

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.1071/mu10047. 85333285 .
2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Donsker . David . Honeyeaters . World Bird List Version 6.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. 28 January 2016 .
3. Book: Iredale, Tom . 1956 . Birds of New Guinea, Volume 2 . Georgian House . Melbourne . 150 . 54363570 .
4. Book: Salomonsen, F. . 1967 . Family Maliphagidae, Honeyeaters . Paynter . R.A. Jnr. . Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 12) . 12 . Cambridge, Mass. . Museum of Comparative Zoology . 366 .
5. Book: Jobling, James A . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 84 .