Genus of birds
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.
The genus contains two species:
The name "Nesoptilotis" was first proposed by the Australian ornithologist Gregory Mathews in 1913. The word is derived from the Greek "nēsos" island (i.e. Tasmania), feather and "-ōtis" eared.
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