Myzomela

Myzomela
Samoan myzomela
Myzomela nigriventris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Myzomela
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Type species
Meliphaga cardinalis[1] = Certhia sanguinoleta
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

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 the scarlet myzomela as the type species.[2][3]

The genus contains the following 40 species:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Vigors, Nicholas Aylward; Horsfield, Thomas (1827). "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): 170–334 [316]. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1826.tb00115.x. The title page is dated 1826.
  3. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 350.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Honeyeaters". IOC World Bird List Version 13,1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.


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