Nesoptilotis

Nesoptilotis
	Nesoptilotis leucotis (white-eared honeyeater)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Nesoptilotis; Mathews, 1913
Type species
	Ptilotis flavigula; Gould, 1838

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.^[2]

The genus contains two species:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	N. flavicollis	Yellow-throated honeyeater	Tasmania
	N. leucotis	White-eared honeyeater	southwest, south and east Australia

The name Nesoptilotis was first proposed by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1913.^[4]^[5] The word is derived from the Greek nēsos island (i.e. Tasmania), ptilon feather and -ōtis eared.^[6]

References

^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ 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. Bibcode:2011EmuAO.111..202N. doi:10.1071/mu10047.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ Mathews, Gregory M. (1913). "New generic names with some notes on others". Austral Avian Record. 2: 55–62 [60].
^ 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.
^ 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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[HM4-1] "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.

[Nyari-2] 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. Bibcode:2011EmuAO.111..202N. doi:10.1071/mu10047.

[ioc-3] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 6.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

[4] Mathews, Gregory M. (1913). "New generic names with some notes on others". Austral Avian Record. 2: 55–62 [60].

[5] 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.

[6] 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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