Red-collared Myzomela - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by mehdhalaouate. Taken Baliem Valley

Myzomela rosenbergii

Includes: Long-billed Myzomela

Distribution

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Subspecies longirostris may be split as "Long-billed Myzomela", M. longirostris. In this case, remaining subspecies (rosenbergii, wahgiensis) form "Red-collared Myzomela", M. rosenbergii (strict sense).

Subspecies

Taxa we include here which Clements recognises [1]:

• M. r. rosenbergii: Mountains of north west New Guinea
• M. r. wahgiensis: Mountains of west and central New Guinea
• M. r. longirostris: "Long-billed Myzomela". Goodenough Island (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago)

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

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/

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