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Stomiopera
Yellow honeyeater (Stomiopera flava)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Stomiopera
Reichenbach, 1852
Type species
Ptilotis unicolor[1]
Gould, 1843

Stomiopera is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia. It contains 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
Stomiopera unicolor White-gaped honeyeater north Australia
Stomiopera flava Yellow honeyeater northeast Australia

The name Stomiopera was first proposed by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1852.[4] The word is derived from the Greek stomion meaning bridlebit or mouth and pēra meaning wallet or pouch.[5]

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