Red-headed Myzomela
Myzomela erythrocephala
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The red-headed myzomela or red-headed honeyeater 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 subspecies are recognised, with the nominate race M. e. erythrocephala distributed around the tropical coastline of Australia, and M. e. infuscata in New Guinea. Though widely distributed, the species is not abundant within this range. While the IUCN lists the Australian population of M. e. infuscata as being near threatened, as a whole the widespread range means that its conservation is of least concern.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Myzomela