Bolemoreus

Bolemoreus is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to 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]

Bolemoreus
Bolemoreus frenatus (bridled honeyeater)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Bolemoreus Nyári & Joseph, 2011
Type species
Ptilotis frenata[1] Ramsay, 1875

The genus contains two species:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Bolemoreus hindwoodi	Eungella honeyeater	northeast Australia
	Bolemoreus frenatus	Bridled honeyeater	northeast Australia

The name Bolemoreus was first proposed by Árpád Nyári and Leo Joseph in 2011. The word combines the names of the Australian ornithologists Walter E. Boles and N. Wayne Longmore.^[2]