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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sugomel is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.[2]
| Sugomel | |
|---|---|
| |
| Sugomel nigrum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Sugomel Mathews, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Myzomela nigra[1] Gould, 1838 | |
| Species | |
It contains two species, one native to Australia and the other endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia:
Prior to 2022, the black honeyeater was considered the only species in the genus, but the International Ornithological Congress reclassified S. lombokius (formerly in Lichmera) into Sugomel based on a phylogenetic analysis finding it to be the sister species to S. niger.[2]
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