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Alternative names: Ebony Myzomela, Ebony Honeyeater

Myzomela pammelaena



Identification

  • Black plumage
  • Downcurved black bill

Distribution

Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Five subspecies recognized:

  • M. p. ernstmayri on Manus I. (Admiralty Islands)
  • M. p. pammelaena on smaller islands in Bismarck Archipelago
  • M. p. hades in St. Matthias Group (Bismarck Archipelago)
  • M. p. ramsayi on Tingwon Island (Bismarck Archipelago)
  • M. p. nigerrima on Long Island (northeast New Guinea)

Formerly considered conspecific with Papuan Black Myzomela.

Habitat

Lowland damp forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Wikipedia

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