Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Crimson-hooded Myzomela (Myzomela kuehni) - HBW 13, p. 649
French:
Myzomèle de Wetar
German: Wetarhonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero de la Wetar
Other common names: Wetar/Crimson-hooded/Banda Honeyeater,
Banda/Kühn’s/Wetar Myzomela
Taxonomy: Myzomela
kuehni Rothschild, 1903, Wetar, Lesser Sundas.
Forms
a superspecies, and sometimes treated as conspecific, with M.
erythrocephala and M. dammermani; all three closely
related to the M. cardinalis superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Wetar, in E Lesser Sundas.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Brief view of a male in a tree and flying away. Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 1 year ago 15 sec 2.5
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A bird feeding on nectar.
Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 25 October 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
A male in a tree.
Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 1 year ago 1.5
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