Gavicalis
Genus of birds
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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.[2]
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| Gavicalis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Gavicalis virescens (singing honeyeater) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Gavicalis Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999 |
| Type species | |
| Melithreptus virescens[1] Vieillot, 1817 | |
The genus contains three species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_(31359494696).jpg) | Gavicalis versicolor | Varied honeyeater | New Guinea, northeast Australia |
 | Gavicalis fasciogularis | Mangrove honeyeater | east Australia |
_(8079661576).jpg) | Gavicalis virescens | Singing honeyeater | Australia |
The name Gavicalis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologists Richard Schodde and Ian Mason in 1999.[4] The word is an anagram of Caligavis introduced by Tom Iredale.[5]
