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Caligavis
Genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2]
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Caligavis | |
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Caligavis chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Caligavis Iredale, 1956 |
Type species | |
Ptilotis obscura[1] De Vis 1897 |
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