Obscure honeyeater
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Caligavis obscura

The obscure honeyeater (Caligavis obscura ) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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The obscure honeyeater was previously placed in the genus Lichenostomus but was moved to Caligavis after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic.

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References

1. Obscure honeyeater Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscure_honeyeater
2. Obscure honeyeater on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22704040/130247218
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/408787

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