Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura) - HBW 13, p. 638
French:
Myzomèle ombré
German: Rußhonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero Sombrío
Other common names: Dusky/Moluccan Honeyeater, Moluccan Myzomela;
Red-brown Honeyeater/Myzomela (rubrobrunnea)
Taxonomy: Myzomela
obscura Gould, 1843, Port Essington, Northern Territory,
Australia.
Forms
a superspecies with M. blasii, M. albigula, M. eques
and M. cineracea. Races fall into two groups, nominate,
harterti, fumata, rubrobrunnea and aruensis
comprising “nominate group” and other three the “simplex
group”. Birds on Pulu Adi (SW New Guinea) of uncertain racial
identity; provisionally included in fumata. Proposed race
munna from NE Australia (Cape York, in N Queensland) is
synonymized with harterti. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mortyana E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - Morotai, off N Halmahera.
- simplex G. R. Gray, 1861 - Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta, Bacan and Damar (N Moluccas).
- rubrotincta Salvadori, 1878 - Obi and Bisa, in N Moluccas.
- mortyana E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 - Morotai, off N Halmahera.
- simplex G. R. Gray, 1861 - Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta, Bacan and Damar (N Moluccas).
- rubrotincta Salvadori, 1878 - Obi and Bisa, in N Moluccas.
- fumata (Bonaparte, 1850) - New Guinea from S Vogelkop (S from Sorong) E along S coast, including Pulu Adi (off Triton Bay), to Trans-Fly and Milne Bay and, in SE, on N coast E from near Popondetta; also islands of N Torres Strait (probably Boigu and Sabai).
- rubrobrunnea A. B. Meyer, 1874 - Biak I, in Geelvink Bay (NW New Guinea).
- aruensis Kinnear, 1924 - Aru Is.
- harterti Mathews, 1911 - islands of C & S Torres Strait, and NE Australia (coastal and subcoastal Queensland from Cape York Peninsula S to Moreton Bay).
- obscura Gould, 1843 - Tiwi Is (Bathurst I, Melville I) and N Northern Territory (Arnhem Land), in N Australia.
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In the forest outside Kuranda.
Locality Cassowary House, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
Lee Hunter 27 June 2011 12 weeks ago 4 -
Feeding on flowering trees
Locality Lake Barrine, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 25 August 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
a bird feeding on a flower
Locality Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
David Townsend 20 September 2010 2 years ago 2.8 -
A perched bird.
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp harterti)
Fran Trabalon 22 October 2007 3 years ago 2.5
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Two short calls. Locality Foli, Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
(ssp simplex )
herve jacob 6 October 2012 32 weeks ago 0
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