Caligavis

Caligavis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Guinea and Australia. It includes former members of Lichenostomus, and was created after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.^[2]

Caligavis
Caligavis chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Caligavis Iredale, 1956
Type species
Ptilotis obscura[1] De Vis 1897

Species

The genus contains three species:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	C. chrysops	Yellow-faced honeyeater	south, east Australia
	C. subfrenata	Black-throated honeyeater	New Guinea
	C. obscura	Obscure honeyeater	New Guinea

The name Caligavis was first proposed by the English-born ornithologist Tom Iredale in 1956.^[4][5] The word is derived from the Latin caligo meaning obscurity and avis bird.^[6]