Black-headed Myzomela
Myzomela melanocephala(Ramsay, EP, 1879)
English (US) Black-headed Myzomela
The Black-headed Myzomela (Myzomela melanocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Florida, Savo, and Guadalcanal (central Solomon Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myzomela melanocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-headed Myzomela
- Described by
- (Ramsay, EP, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinnyris melanocephalus
- Described by
- (Ramsay, EP, 1879)
- Type locality
- Guadalcanal Island.
- Original description
- Nature 20 p.125
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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