Caligavis
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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| image = Caligavis chrysops - Lake Parramatta Reserve.jpg
| image_caption = Caligavis chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater)
| taxon = Caligavis
| authority = Iredale, 1956
| type_species = Ptilotis obscura{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=119 |title= Melaphagidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}
| type_species_authority = De Vis 1897
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}
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.{{cite journal |last1=Nyári | first1=Á.S. | last2=Joseph | first2=L. | year= 2011 |title= Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and historical development of Australo–Papuan bird communities |journal= Emu | volume= 111 | issue=3 | pages=202–211 |doi=10.1071/mu10047| bibcode=2011EmuAO.111..202N | s2cid=85333285 }}
Species
The genus contains three species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Honeyeaters | work= World Bird List Version 6.1 | url= http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/honeyeaters/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date= 28 January 2016 }}
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| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | 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.{{ cite book | last=Iredale | first=Tom | year=1956 | title=Birds of New Guinea, Volume 2 | publisher=Georgian House | place=Melbourne | page=150 | oclc=54363570 }}{{ cite book | last=Salomonsen | first=F. | year=1967 | chapter=Family Maliphagidae, Honeyeaters | editor-last=Paynter | editor1-first=R.A. Jnr. | title=Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 12) | volume=12 | place=Cambridge, Mass. | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | page=366 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14482483 }} The word is derived from the Latin caligo meaning obscurity and avis bird.{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn= 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n84 84] }}
References
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