| Myzomela | |
|---|---|
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| Sulphur-breasted myzomela (Myzomela jugularis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Myzomela Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
Myzomela is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is the largest genus of honeyeaters, with 33 species, and the most geographically widespread. It ranges from Indonesia to Australia and into the islands of the Pacific Ocean as far as Micronesia and Samoa.
The genus was introduced by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827. The type species is the scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta).[1]
The genus contains the following 33 species:[2]
- Drab myzomela (Myzomela blasii)
- White-chinned myzomela (Myzomela albigula)
- Ashy myzomela (Myzomela cineracea)
- Ruby-throated myzomela (Myzomela eques)
- Dusky myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
- Red myzomela (Myzomela cruentata)
- Papuan black myzomela (Myzomela nigrita)
- New Ireland myzomela (Myzomela pulchella)
- Crimson-hooded myzomela (Myzomela kuehni)
- Alor myzomela (Myzomela prawiradilagae)
- Red-headed myzomela (Myzomela erythrocephala)
- Sumba myzomela (Myzomela dammermani)
- Rote myzomela (Myzomela irianawidodoae)
- Mountain myzomela (Myzomela adolphinae)
- Banda myzomela (Myzomela boiei)
- Taliabu myzomela (Myzomela wahe)
- Sulawesi myzomela (Myzomela chloroptera)
- Wakolo myzomela (Myzomela wakoloensis)
- Scarlet myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
- New Caledonian myzomela (Myzomela caledonica)
- Cardinal myzomela (Myzomela cardinalis)
- Rotuma myzomela (Myzomela chermesina)
- Micronesian myzomela (Myzomela rubratra)
- Sclater's myzomela (Myzomela sclateri)
- Bismarck black myzomela (Myzomela pammelaena)
- Red-capped myzomela (Myzomela lafargei)
- Crimson-rumped myzomela (Myzomela eichhorni)
- Red-vested myzomela (Myzomela malaitae)
- Black-headed myzomela (Myzomela melanocephala)
- Sooty myzomela (Myzomela tristrami)
- Sulphur-breasted myzomela (Myzomela jugularis)
- Black-bellied myzomela (Myzomela erythromelas)
- Black-breasted myzomela (Myzomela vulnerata)
- Red-collared myzomela (Myzomela rosenbergii)
References
- ^ Vigors, Nicholas Aylward; Horsfield, Thomas (1827). "Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (in English and Latin). 15 (1): 170–334 [316]. The title page is dated 1826.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Honeyeaters". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 February 2020.