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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

  1. 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/
  2. 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/
  3. 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

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