''Myzomela'' is a genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the

honeyeater The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family (biology), family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Epthianura, Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, Manorina, miners and melidectes. They are ...

family

Meliphagidae The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea ...

. It is the largest genus of honeyeaters, with 39 species, and the most geographically widespread. It ranges from

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

and into the islands of the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

as far as

Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...

and

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

. The genus was introduced by the naturalists

Nicholas Vigors Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840) was an Irish zoologist and politician. He popularized the classification of birds on the basis of the quinarian system. Early life Vigors was born at Old Leighlin, County Carlow on 1785 as fi ...

and

Thomas Horsfield Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and natural history, naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. He was later a curator of the Eas ...

in 1827. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

is the

scarlet myzomela The scarlet myzomela or scarlet honeyeater (''Myzomela sanguinolenta'') is a small passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to Australia. It was first described by English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. At long, it is t ...

(''Myzomela sanguinolenta''). The title page is dated 1826. The genus contains the following 40 species: * Drab myzomela (''Myzomela blasii'') * White-chinned myzomela (''Myzomela albigula'') * Ashy myzomela (''Myzomela cineracea'') *

Ruby-throated myzomela The ruby-throated myzomela or red-throated myzomela (''Myzomela eques'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area o ...

(''Myzomela eques'') *

Moluccan myzomela The Moluccan myzomela (''Myzomela simplex'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found on the Maluku Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was forme ...

(''Myzomela simplex'') * Red-tinged myzomela (''Myzomela rubrotincta'') *

Biak myzomela The Biak myzomela (''Myzomela rubrobrunnea'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the dusky myzomela ('' Myzomela obscura''), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. It is ...

(''Myzomela rubrobrunnea'') * Dusky myzomela (''Myzomela obscura'') *

Red myzomela The red myzomela (''Myzomela cruentata'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea and New Britain. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montan ...

(''Myzomela cruentata'') *

Reddish myzomela The reddish myzomela (''Myzomela erythrina'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, where it is found on New Ireland and adjacent islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowla ...

(''Myzomela erythrina'') * Papuan black myzomela (''Myzomela nigrita'') * New Ireland myzomela (''Myzomela pulchella'') * Wetar myzomela (''Myzomela kuehni'') *

Alor myzomela The Alor myzomela (''Myzomela prawiradilagae'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae, the honeyeaters. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Alor, where it is the only representative member of the genus ''Myzomela''. It is named a ...

(''Myzomela prawiradilagae'') *

Red-headed myzomela The red-headed myzomela or red-headed honeyeater (''Myzomela erythrocephala'') is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It was described by John Gould in 1840. Two subspecie ...

(''Myzomela erythrocephala'') * Sumba myzomela (''Myzomela dammermani'') * Rote myzomela (''Myzomela irianawidodoae'') *

Mountain myzomela The mountain myzomela (''Myzomela adolphinae''), also known as elfin myzomela or midget myzomela, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest ...

(''Myzomela adolphinae'') *

Banda myzomela The Banda myzomela (''Myzomela boiei'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. It is found in the Banda, Babar and Tanimbar Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, s ...

(''Myzomela boiei'') * Taliabu myzomela (''Myzomela wahe'') * Sulawesi myzomela (''Myzomela chloroptera'') * Bacan myzomela (''Myzomela batjanensis'') *

Wakolo myzomela The Wakolo myzomela (''Myzomela wakoloensis'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the Moluccan Islands of Buru and Seram. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...

(''Myzomela wakoloensis'') *

Scarlet myzomela The scarlet myzomela or scarlet honeyeater (''Myzomela sanguinolenta'') is a small passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to Australia. It was first described by English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. At long, it is t ...

(''Myzomela sanguinolenta'') *

New Caledonian myzomela The New Caledonian myzomela (''Myzomela caledonica'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The species is sometimes considered to be conspecific with (the same species as) the scarlet myzomela of Australia. It is endemic ...

(''Myzomela caledonica'') *

Cardinal myzomela The cardinal myzomela (''Myzomela cardinalis'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is named for the scarlet color of the male. It is found in American Samoa, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, as ...

(''Myzomela cardinalis'') * Rotuma myzomela (''Myzomela chermesina'') *

Micronesian myzomela The Micronesian myzomela (''Myzomela rubratra'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. The species forms a superspecies with a number of related and similar looking island and mainland myzomelas across the Pacific and Austra ...

(''Myzomela rubratra'') * Sclater's myzomela (''Myzomela sclateri'') *

Bismarck black myzomela The Bismarck black myzomela (''Myzomela pammelaena'') or ebony myzomela, is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae or honeyeater family. It is native to the Admiralty and St Matthias islands (Bismarck Islands, Papua New Guinea). Its natural habit ...

(''Myzomela pammelaena'') * Red-capped myzomela (''Myzomela lafargei'') * Crimson-rumped myzomela (''Myzomela eichhorni'') * Red-vested myzomela (''Myzomela malaitae'') * Black-headed myzomela (''Myzomela melanocephala'') * Sooty myzomela (''Myzomela tristrami'') * Sulphur-breasted myzomela (''Myzomela jugularis'') * Black-bellied myzomela (''Myzomela erythromelas'') * Black-breasted myzomela (''Myzomela vulnerata'') * Red-collared myzomela (''Myzomela rosenbergii'') * Long-billed myzomela (''Myzomela longirostris'')

References

Bird genera Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield Taxa named by Nicholas Aylward Vigors Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub