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- Myzomela rubratra
Identification
13 cm. Sexually dimorphic. Small 'stubby' Honeyeater with a longish, downcurved bill. Males generaly dusty scarlet with black wings, tail, vent and undertail coverts. Females vary geographically. Generaly like males but scarlet much duller and black replaced with brown. Chuuk ( Truk ) and Kosrae females very like males, Pohnpei females overall more brownish with red wash to breast and rump, Waqab ( Yap ) females similar, but brighter red, Northern Mariana and Belau ( Palau ) as Waqab but with red on crown.
Bare parts :- Bill dull, dark grey, legs black, eye reddish.
Voice :- Rather long, tuneless, but complex, series of chirps, tweets, wheezes and buzzes. Dawn song somewhat more musical.
Distribution
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau and Federated States of Micronesia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- M. r. rubratra: Kosrae (Caroline Islands)
- M. r. dichromata: Pohnpei (Caroline Islands)
- M. r. major: Chuuk (Caroline Islands)
- M. r. kurodai: Yap (Caroline Islands)
- M. r. kobayashii: Palau (Babelthuap to Angaur)
- M. r. asuncionis: northernmost Northern Mariana Islands (Maug and Asuncion southward to Anatahan)
- M. r. saffordi: main Northern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Aguijan, and Rota); formerly also Guam
Habitat
Forests, plantations and gardens.
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Micronesian Myzomela. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Micronesian_Myzomela
External Links
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