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Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Myzomela

Ruby-throated Myzomela

Myzomela eques

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (retmyz1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Myzomela

Subspecies (4)

Myzomela eques eques

northwestern New Guinea, including Waigeo, Salawati, and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
Myzomela eques karimuiensis

eastern New Guinea
Myzomela eques nymani

southern and eastern New Guinea
Myzomela eques primitiva

northern New Guinea (Cenderawasih Bay to Astrolabe Bay)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (retmyz1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.