Sugomel is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.[2]

Sugomel
Sugomel nigrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Sugomel
Mathews, 1922
Type species
Myzomela nigra[1]
Gould, 1838
Species

Sugomel lombokius
Sugomel niger

It contains two species, one native to Australia and the other endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia:

Prior to 2022, the black honeyeater was considered the only species in the genus, but the International Ornithological Congress reclassified S. lombokius (formerly in Lichmera) into Sugomel based on a phylogenetic analysis finding it to be the sister species to S. niger.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ a b "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. S2CID 246050277. Retrieved 2022-01-29.