Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Ashy Myzomela (Myzomela cineracea) - HBW 13, p. 638

French: Myzomèle cendré German: Schlichthonigfresser Spanish: Mielero Cenizo
Other common names: Ashy/Bismarck/Cinereous Honeyeater, Grey/Bismarck/Umboi/Sclater’s Myzomela

Taxonomy: Myzomela cineracea P. L. Sclater, 1879, New Britain.
Forms a superspecies with M. blasii, M. albigula, M. eques and M. obscura. Often treated as conspecific with M. eques. Birds from Umboi, slightly larger (and male possibly slightly paler above) than those of New Britain, described as race rooki, but differences considered too slight to warrant recognition of geographical races. Monotypic.

Distribution: Umboi and New Britain, in Bismarck Archipelago.