Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Red Myzomela (Myzomela cruentata) - HBW 13, p. 639
French:
Myzomèle vermillon
German: Bluthonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero Rojo
Other common names: Red Honeyeater, Red-tinted Myzomela/Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Myzomela
cruentata A. B. Meyer, 1874, Arfak Mountains, north-west New
Guinea.
Races
fall into two groups: “nominate group” (with coccinea)
of New Guinea and New Britain, and “erythrina group”
(remaining four races) of New Ireland and satellite islands. Six
subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cruentata A. B. Meyer, 1874 - New Guinea, including Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay).
- coccinea E. P. Ramsay, 1877 - New Britain and Duke of York Is, in Bismarck Archipelago.
- lavongai Salomonsen, 1966 - New Hanover.
- cruentata A. B. Meyer, 1874 - New Guinea, including Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay).
- coccinea E. P. Ramsay, 1877 - New Britain and Duke of York Is, in Bismarck Archipelago.
- lavongai Salomonsen, 1966 - New Hanover.
- erythrina E. P. Ramsay, 1877 - New Ireland.
- vinacea Salomonsen, 1966 - Djaul I, off NW New Ireland.
- cantans Mayr, 1955 - Tabar I (in Tabar Group), off NE New Ireland.
- Least Concern
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