Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Sooty Myzomela (Myzomela tristrami) - HBW 13, p. 652

French: Myzomèle de Tristram German: Tristramhonigfresser Spanish: Mielero de Tristram
Other common names: Sooty/Melanic/Santa Ana/Tristram’s Honeyeater, Santa Ana/Tristram’s Myzomela

Taxonomy: Myzomela Tristrami E. P. Ramsay, 1881, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands.
Forms a superspecies with M. pammelaena, M. lafargei, M. melanocephala, M. eichhorni and M. malaitae, and previously suggested that all might be conspecific; this group may be closely related to the M. cardinalis superspecies. Present species formerly considered conspecific with M. nigrita. Reported as hybridizing with M. cardinalis on San Cristobal. Monotypic.

Distribution: San Cristobal, Santa Ana and Santa Catalina, probably also Ugi, in E Solomon Is.