Myzomela

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Myzomela
Samoan myzomela (Myzomela nigriventris) male Upolu.jpg
Samoan myzomela
Myzomela nigriventrissanguinoleta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Myzomela
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Type species
Meliphaga cardinalis = Certhia sanguinolenta
Latham, 1801

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 for the islands they were discovered or live on.

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. [1] [2]

The genus contains the following 41 species: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Vigors, Nicholas Aylward; Horsfield, Thomas (1826). "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) (published 1827): 170–334 [316]. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1826.tb00115.x.
  2. ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 350.
  3. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Honeyeaters". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-06-13.


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