Nesoptilotis
Genus of birds
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Nesoptilotis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia and Tasmania. The genus consists of two former members of Lichenostomus, and was created after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.[2]
| Nesoptilotis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Nesoptilotis leucotis (white-eared honeyeater) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Nesoptilotis Mathews, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Ptilotis flavigula[1] Gould, 1838 | |
The genus contains two species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | N. flavicollis | Yellow-throated honeyeater | Tasmania |
| N. leucotis | White-eared honeyeater | southwest, south and east Australia |
The name Nesoptilotis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1913.[4][5] The word is derived from the Greek nēsos island (i.e. Tasmania), ptilon feather and -ōtis eared.[6]
