Black Myzomela (Myzomela nigrita)

Other Names (World)
Papuan Black Myzomela, Black Myzomela, Black Honeyeater, Blackened Honeyeater, Papuan Black Honeyeater, Papuan Blackened Honeyeater, Carbon Honeyeater, Blackish Myzomela, Carbon Myzomela, White-sided Myzomela

Family
Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Size
10 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, heavily degraded former forest and dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Papuan Black Myzomela (Myzomela nigrita) [XC375927]
by id from Tagula Station, Tagula Island., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
In past, treated as conspecific with Bismarck Black Myzomela (Myzomela pammelaena) and Sooty Myzomela (Myzomela tristrami).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

steini Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Waigeo I, in West Papuan Is.
pluto Forbes, WA, 1879 - Meos Num I, in Geelvink Bay.
meyeri Salvadori, 1881 - Yapen I and west, northern and eastern New Guinea.
nigrita Gray, 1858 - Aru Is and south-central New Guinea (Eilanden R east to Fly R).
forbesi Ramsay, EP, 1880 - D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Goodenough I, Fergusson I, Dobu I), off south-eastern New Guinea.
louisiadensis E. J. O. Hartert, 1898 - Louisiade Archipelago (Woodlark I, Misima I, TagulaI), eastern of D’Entrecasteaux.

References
See References.

Files:

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