Obscure honeyeater

The obscure honeyeater (Caligavis obscura) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Obscure honeyeater
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Caligavis
Species:	C. obscura
Binomial name
Caligavis obscura (De Vis, 1897)
Synonyms
Lichenostomus obscurus

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The obscure honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus but was moved to Caligavis after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.^[2][3]