Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Black-headed Myzomela (Myzomela melanocephala) - HBW 13, p. 651
French:
Myzomèle à tête noire
German: Savohonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Cabecinegro
Other common names: Black-headed/Black-cowled/Guadalcanal Honeyeater,
Guadalcanal/Islet Myzomela
Taxonomy: Cinnyris
melanocephalus E. P. Ramsay, 1879, Guadalcanal, Solomon
Islands.
Forms
a superspecies with M. pammelaena, M. lafargei, M.
eichhorni, M. malaitae and M. tristrami, and
formerly suggested that all may be conspecific; this group possibly
closely related to the M. cardinalis superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Guadalcanal, Savo and Nggela, in EC Solomon Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch and flying away Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 31 March 2007 4 years ago 3 sec 3 -
A ventral view of a bird on a branch, flying away Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 31 March 2007 4 years ago 5 sec 3 -
Brief view of a bird in a tree, rubbing its bill and flying away. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 2.7
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2010 1 year ago 1.8
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