Belongs within: Meliphagidae.
Phylidonyris is a genus of slender-bodied and -billed honeyeaters found in Australia and the south-west Pacific. Members of this genus have yellow remige patches, and palatines with broadened incurved pre-palatine stems and raised, attenuately winged transpalatine process (Schodde & Mason 1999). White tufts are present on the checks of the New Holland honeyeater P. novaehollandiae and white-cheeked honeyeater P. niger.
<==Phylidonyris Lesson 1831 [Phylidonyridae]B94
| i. s.: P. notabilisJT12
|--P. pyrrhopterusJT12
| |--P. p. pyrrhopterusM03
| `--P. p. halmaturinaM03
`--+--P. nigerJT12
| |--P. n. nigerM03
| `--P. n. gouldiM03
`--P. novaehollandiae (Latham 1790)JT12, PB96
|--P. n. novaehollandiaeM03
|--P. n. campbelliM03
|--P. n. canescensM03
|--P. n. caudataM03
`--P. n. longirostrisM03
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.
[PB96] Palma, R. L., & S. C. Barker. 1996. Phthiraptera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera pp. 81–247. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.
Schodde, R., & I. J. Mason. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines. CSIRO.