Ashy Myzomela (Myzomela cineracea)

Other Names (World)
Ashy Myzomela, Umboi Myzomela, Ashy Honeyeater, Bismarck Honeyeater, Cinereous Honeyeater, Grey Myzomela, Gray Myzomela, Bismarck Myzomela, Sclater's Myzomela

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
P. L. Sclater, 1879

Range (Guide)

Umboi and New Britain, in Bismarck Archipelago.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Ashy Myzomela (Myzomela cineracea) [XC246791]
by id from Walindi Plantation Resort, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Drab Myzomela (Myzomela blasii), White-chinned Myzomela (Myzomela albigula), Ruby-throated Myzomela (Myzomela eques) and Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela obscura). Often treated as conspecific with Ruby-throated Myzomela (Myzomela eques). Birds from Umboi, slightly larger (and male possibly slightly paler above) than those of New Britain, described as subspecies rooki, but differences considered too slight to warrant recognition of geographical subspecies.

References
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