Species profile
Taliabu Myzomela
Myzomela wahe
Quick answer
Holotype MZB. Ornit. 34.357 (fig. S 6); adult male collected 9 Dec 2013 near Waiyo dinahana Camp (~ 1200 m) on Taliabu Island (S 01 ⁰ 47.614 '; E 124 ⁰ 48.216 '). Collected by the Rheindt / LIPI field party, including tissue samples from breast muscle and liver; skin prepared by Suparno; field number Tbu 21; no molt; medium fat; weight 8 g; wing length 5.7 cm; wing spread 16.9 cm; total length 10.1 cm; bill 1.9 cm; tail 3.9 cm; tarsus 1.8 cm.
- Scientific name
- Myzomela wahe
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Myzomela
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Related species in Meliphagidae
- Alor Myzomela (Myzomela prawiradilagae)
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- Ashy Myzomela (Myzomela cineracea)
- Bacan Myzomela (Myzomela batjanensis)
- Banda Myzomela (Myzomela boiei)
- Banded Honeyeater (Cissomela pectoralis)
- Bar-breasted Honeyeater (Ramsayornis fasciatus)
- Belford's Melidectes (Melidectes belfordi)