Genus Caligavis Iredale, 1956

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caligavis Iredale, T. 1956. Birds of New Guinea. Melbourne : Georgian House Vol. 2 xv 261 pp. [150].

  Type species:

   Ptilotis obscura De Vis, 1897 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Recognised as full genus following Nyári and Joseph (2011).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria

General References

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 bird communities. Emu 111: 202–211

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		04-Feb-2013	MOVED
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)