Bacan Myzomela - BirdForum Opus

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Identification

9–12 cm (3½-4¾ in). A distinctive and striking Myzomela.

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

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.

Endemic to Bacan (northern Moluccas) Indonesia.

This is a monotypic species[1].

Mainly 1500-2200 m on Bacan.

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

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bacan Myzomela. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bacan_Myzomela

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