Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Rotuma Myzomela (Myzomela chermesina) - HBW 13, p. 640
French:
Myzomèle de Rotuma
German: Karmesinhonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero de la Rotuma
Other common names: Rotuma Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Myzomela
chermesina G. R. Gray, 1846, no locality = Rotuma Island, Fiji.
Forms
a superspecies with M. chloroptera, M. wakoloensis, M.
boiei, M. sanguinolenta, M. caledonica, M.
rubratra, M. cardinalis and possibly also M.
erythromelas. Limits of this superspecies are not certain and
require further investigation, especially regarding possible
inclusion of M. erythromelas; further, M. erythrocephala,
M. dammermani, M. kuehni and M. adolphinae are
closely related to the group, M. vulnerata also may be, and
possibly M. rosenbergii and the M. lafargei<.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with M. chloroptera, M. wakoloensis, M. boiei, M. sanguinolenta, M. caledonica, M. rubratra, M. cardinalis and possibly also M. erythromelas. Limits of this superspecies are not certain and require further investigation, especially regarding possible inclusion of M. erythromelas; further, M. erythrocephala, M. dammermani, M. kuehni and M. adolphinae are closely related to the group, M. vulnerata also may be, and possibly M. rosenbergii and the M. lafargei superspecies should be included. Present species considered a race of M. cardinalis by some authors. Monotypic.
Distribution: Rotuma and offshore islets, including Uea, in N Fiji.
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