Gavicalis

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Gavicalis
Gavicalis virescens (singing honeyeater)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Gavicalis is 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
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]

References

  1. ^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. S2CID 85333285
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  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ISBN 978-064306456-0
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  5. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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