Biology:Red myzomela

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Short description: Species of bird

Red myzomela
Myzomela cruentata - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Myzomela
Species:
M. cruentata
Binomial name
Myzomela cruentata
Meyer, 1874

The red myzomela (Myzomela cruentata) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea and New Britain. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2]

The reddish myzomela (M. erythrina) of New Ireland was formerly considered conspecific, but phylogenetic evidence indicates that both are distinct species, and it has thus been split from it by the IUCN Red List, BirdLife International, and the International Ornithologists' Union.[3][4]

There are two recognized subspecies:[4]

  • M. c. cruentata - New Guinea and Yapen
  • M. c. coccinea - New Britain and the Duke of York Islands

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1591190 entry