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- Myzomela batjanensis
Identification
9–12 cm (3½-4¾ in). A distinctive and striking Myzomela.
Male
- Dark scarlet-red head, neck, throat and mantle to uppertail-coverts, forming stripe down centre of upperbody
- Black scapulars, wing and tail
- Narrow black loral stripe extending around eye and behind eye
- Pale grey-brown to greyish-white flanks, belly, vent and undertail-coverts with olive-yellow wash on centre of belly
Female
- Drab brown above, more rufous brown on rump
- Darker sepia-brown tail and wings, conspicuously edged yellowish-olive on flight-feathers and primary-coverts
- Flame-red forehead, lores, frontal part of ear-coverts, chin and upper throat, merging into light brownish grey on rest of head and breast
- Whitish buff rest of underparts
Juveniles similar to females.
Distribution
Endemic to Bacan (northern Moluccas) Indonesia.
Taxonomy
Bacan Myzomela was formerly included in Sulawesi_Myzomela.
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Mainly 1500-2200 m on Bacan.
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, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bacan Myzomela. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bacan_Myzomela
External Links
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