Cardinal myzomela
| Cardinal myzomela | |
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| M. c. tenuis, Vanuatu | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Myzomela |
| Species: | M. cardinalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Myzomela cardinalis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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The cardinal myzomela (Myzomela cardinalis) is a species of
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.[1] It frequents areas with flowers, such as gardens. This is a small, active bird, measuring about 13 cm (5.1 in) from bill to tail.[2] Males are red and black in coloration, females are grayish-olive, sometimes with a red cap or red head. Its long, curved bill is especially adapted for reaching into flowers for nectar.[3] Cardinal myzomela populations have vanished from the island of Guam since the invasion of the brown tree snake.[4]
Taxonomy
The cardinal myzomela was
Vanuata in the South Pacific Ocean.[7] The cardinal myzomela is now one of 40 honeyeaters placed in the genus Myzomela that was introduced in 1827 by Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield.[8]
Eight subspecies are recognised:[8]
- M. c. pulcherrima Ramsay, EP, 1881 – Makira (or San Cristóbal), Ugi and Three Sisters (north of central Makira; southeast Solomon Islands)
- M. c. sanfordi Mayr, 1931 – Rennell Island (south Solomon Islands)
- M. c. sanctaecrucis Sarasin, 1913 – Temotu (formerly Santa Cruz Islands, southeast Solomon Islands) and Torres Islands (north Vanuatu)
- M. c. tucopiae Mayr, 1937 – Tikopia (far southeast Solomon Islands)
- M. c. tenuis Mayr, 1937 – Banks Islands to Efate (north to central Vanuatu)
- M. c. cardinalis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) – Erromango, Tanna and Aneityum (south Vanuatu)
- M. c. lifuensis Layard, EL & Layard, ELC, 1878 – Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia)
- M. c. nigriventris )
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 0-691-02399-9.
- ^ Craig, P. "Natural History Guide to American Samoa" (PDF). National Park of American Samoa, Department Marine and Wildlife Resources, American Samoa Community College. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ "Extinctions and Loss of Species from Guam: Birds". U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
- ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1788). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 1 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 472.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1986). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 359.
- ^ Latham, John (1782). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 1, Part 2. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 733, No. 35; Plate 33, Fig. 2.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Honeyeaters". IOC World Bird List Version 13,1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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