Caligavis obscura
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.134334_1_-_Meliphaga_obscura_obscura_%28De_Vis%2C_1897%29_-_Meliphagidae_-_bird_skin_specimen.jpeg/220px-Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.134334_1_-_Meliphaga_obscura_obscura_%28De_Vis%2C_1897%29_-_Meliphagidae_-_bird_skin_specimen.jpeg)
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Meliphagidae
Genus: Caligavis
Species: Caligavis obscura
Subspecies: C. o. obscura
- Synonyms: C. o. viridifrons
included in nominal.
Name
[edit]Caligavis obscura (De Vis, 1897)
Synonymy
[edit]- Ptilotis obscura (protonym)
- Meliphaga obscura (De Vis, 1897)
- Lichenostomus obscurus (De Vis, 1897)
- Meliphaga obscura viridifrons Salomonsen, 1966
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- De Vis, C.W. 1897. Diagnoses of Thirty-six new or little-known Birds from British New Guinea. Ibis 3(7): 371–392 BHL DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1897.tb03284.x Reference page. p. 383
Additional references
[edit]- Nyári, A.S. & Joseph, L. 2011. Systematic dismantlement of Lichenostomus improves the basis for understanding relationships within the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and the historical development of Australo-Papuan communities. Emu 111: 202–211. DOI: 10.1071/MU10047 ResearchGate Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Obscure Honeyeater
![]() |
For more multimedia, look at Caligavis obscura on Wikimedia Commons. |