Nesoptilotis

Nesoptilotis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia and Tasmania. The genus consists of two former members of Lichenostomus, and was created after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.[1]

Nesoptilotis
Nesoptilotis leucotis (white-eared honeyeater)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Nesoptilotis
Mathews, 1913

The genus contains two species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
N. flavicollisYellow-throated honeyeaterTasmania
N. leucotisWhite-eared honeyeatersouthwest, south and east Australia

The name Nesoptilotis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1913.[3][4] The word is derived from the Greek nēsos island (i.e. Tasmania), ptilon feather and -ōtis eared.[5]

References
  1. Nyári, Á.S.; Joseph, L. (2011). "Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and historical development of Australo–Papuan bird communities". Emu. 111 (3): 202–211. doi:10.1071/mu10047.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. Mathews, Gregory M. (1913). "New generic names with some notes on others". Austral Avian Record. 2: 55–62 [60].
  4. Salomonsen, F. (1967). "Family Maliphagidae, Honeyeaters". In Paynter, R.A. Jnr. (ed.). Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 12). Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 365.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 269, 321. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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