Gavicalis
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:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
Gavicalis versicolor | Varied honeyeater | New Guinea, northeast Australia | |
Gavicalis fasciogularis | Mangrove honeyeater | east Australia | |
Gavicalis virescens | Singing honeyeater | Australia |
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.