''Xanthotis'' is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family

Meliphagidae The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea ...

. The genus contains three species: * Spotted honeyeater (''Xanthotis polygrammus'') *

Macleay's honeyeater Macleay's honeyeater (''Xanthotis macleayanus'') is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. Within Australia it has a limited distribution, occurring only in northern Queensland from Cooktown to the southern end of the Paluma Range. Its natural hab ...

(''Xanthotis macleayanus'') * Tawny-breasted honeyeater (''Xanthotis flaviventer'') The Kadavu honeyeater (''Meliphacator provocator'') was formerly included in this genus. It was moved to its own genus ''Meliphacator'' based on the results of a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study published in 2019.

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Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach {{Meliphagidae-stub