Lichenostomus is a genus of honeyeaters endemic to Australia. The genus formerly contained twenty species but it was split after a molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the genus was polyphyletic. Former members were moved to the six new genera: Nesoptilotis, Bolemoreus, Caligavis, Stomiopera, Gavicalis and Ptilotula. The genus contains two species: \n* Yellow-tufted honeyeater (L. melanops) - east and southeast Australia \n* Purple-gaped honeyeater (L. cratitius) - southwest and south-central Australia