Stomiopera

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Lichenostromus falvus.jpg

| image_caption = Yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava)

| taxon = Stomiopera

| authority = Reichenbach, 1852

| type_species = Ptilotis unicolor{{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 = Gould, 1843

| subdivision_ranks = Species

}}

Stomiopera is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to 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.{{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 }}

The genus contains two 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	Stomiopera unicolor	White-gaped honeyeater	north Australia
120px	Stomiopera flava	Yellow honeyeater	northeast Australia

The name Stomiopera was first proposed by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1852.{{ cite book | last=Reichenbach | first=Ludwig | author-link=Ludwig Reichenbach | year=1852 | title=Icones ad synopsin avium, Continuatio IX | publisher=Hofmeister | place=Leipzig | language=la | page=3, middle column | url=http://www.mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10483500-8 }} This work consists of four unnumbered pages. The word is derived from the Greek stomion meaning bridlebit or mouth and pēra meaning wallet or pouch.{{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/n366 366] }}