Gavicalis Schodde, Mason & IJ 1999 articles

Gavicalis

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Gavicalis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Guinea and 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.^[1]

The genus contains three species:^[2]

The name Gavicalis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologists Richard Schodde and Ian Mason in 1999.^[3] The word is an anagram of Caligavis introduced by Tom Iredale.^[4]

^ Nyári, Á.S.; Joseph, L. (2011). "Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and historical development of Australo–Papuan bird communities". Emu. 111 (3): 202–211. doi:10.1071/mu10047. S2CID 85333285.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ Schodde, Richard; Mason, Ian J. (1999). The directory of Australian birds : a taxonomic and zoogeographic atlas of the biodiversity of birds in Australia and its territories. Collingwood, VIC Australia: CSIRO. pp. 1–851. ISBN 978-064306456-0.
^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

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Gavicalis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Guinea and 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.

The genus contains three species:

The name Gavicalis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologists Richard Schodde and Ian Mason in 1999. The word is an anagram of Caligavis introduced by Tom Iredale.