Caligavis is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to New Guinea and Australia.

It includes 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 three species:[3] The name Caligavis was first proposed by the English-born ornithologist Tom Iredale in 1956.

[4][5] The word is derived from the Latin caligo meaning obscurity and avis bird.

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