Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Malaita Myzomela (Myzomela malaitae) - HBW 13, p. 652

French: Myzomèle de Malaita German: Malaitahonigfresser Spanish: Mielero de la Malaita
Other common names: Red-bellied/Malaita Honeyeater, Red-bellied/Red-vested Myzomela

Taxonomy: Myzomela cardinalis malaitae Mayr, 1931, Malaita, Solomon Islands.
Forms a superspecies with M. pammelaena, M. lafargei, M. melanocephala, M. eichhorni and M. tristrami, and formerly suggested that all may be conspecific; this group possibly closely related to the M. cardinalis superspecies, and has been suggested that present species may belong with latter group. Monotypic.

Distribution: Malaita, in E Solomon Is.