Red-headed Myzomela - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Red-headed Honeyeater

Myzomela erythrocephala

Male
Photo by tcollins
Near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, April 2007

Distribution

Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• M. e. infuscata:

• Southern New Guinea, Aru Island and mangroves of Torres Straits islands

• M. e. erythrocephala:

• Mangroves of northern Australia (Broome to eastern Cape York Peninsula)

Female
Photo by tcollins
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, October 2009

Habitat

Mangrove forests, woodlands and coastal foreshore.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-headed Myzomela. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-headed_Myzomela

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