%20(31359494696).jpg)
Gavicalis
Sign in to saveGavicalis 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.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Gavicalis is referenced by 457 other articles, and connects out to Maluridae, bird and passerines.
Vinony files it under Bird genera and Gavicalis.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMeliphagidae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Meliphagidae
- Image
- Lichenostomus virescens.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Gavicalis
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Gavicalis
- topic's main category
- Category:Gavicalis
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
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: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px|| Gavicalis versicolor|| Varied honeyeater || New Guinea, northeast Australia |- |120px|| Gavicalis fasciogularis || Mangrove honeyeater || east Australia |- |120px || Gavicalis virescens || Singing honeyeater || Australia |- |}
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gavicalis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.