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Lichenostomus is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyMeliphagidae
Observations recorded118,927

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
429
With media
4
Family
Meliphagidae
Collections
NMV
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Meliphagidae
Image
Purple-gaped Honeyeater - Patchewollock.jpg
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Commons category
Lichenostomus
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Lichenostomus
topic's main category
Category:Lichenostomus
Commons gallery
Lichenostomus
endemic to
Australia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Feeding
  • References

Lichenostomus is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia.

The genus formerly contained twenty species but it was split after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the genus was polyphyletic. Former members were moved to the six new genera: Nesoptilotis, Bolemoreus, Caligavis, Stomiopera, Gavicalis and Ptilotula.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lichenostomus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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