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Myzomela
Sign in to saveMyzomela is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is the largest genus of honeyeaters, with 40 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. Several species are named after the islands they were discovered or live on, and continued investigation is (as of March 2025) still increasing the number of species, both through discovery of new species (Babar myzomela M. babarensis) and conclusion that former subspecies are actually distinct species (Tanimbar myzomela M
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMeliphagidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 321
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Collections
- ANWC, UF
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
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- Meliphagidae
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- Myzomela jugularis.jpg
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Myzomela is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is the largest genus of honeyeaters, with 40 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. Several species are named after the islands they were discovered or live on, and continued investigation is (as of March 2025) still increasing the number of species, both through discovery of new species (Babar myzomela M. babarensis) and conclusion that former subspecies are actually distinct species (Tanimbar myzomela M. annabellae).
==Taxonomy== The genus was introduced by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827 with Meliphaga cardinalis as the type species. This is a junior synonym of Certhia sanguinolenta Latham, 1801, the scarlet myzomela.
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