Banda Myzomela (Myzomela boiei) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicNectar

ForestTiny · 11 g

Banda Myzomela (Myzomela boiei), photo 1 — Photo: James Eaton · CC0

Banda Myzomela (Myzomela boiei), photo 4 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

ID tip

The species has sexual dimorphism. The male has a distinctive red head, neck, upper breast, and mantle, black eye ring, scapulars, and wings, a distinctive pointed beak and brown legs. The female is primarily brown, with an orange part underneath the also-pointed beak. The juveniles are not described. The subspecies M. b. annabellae differs from subspecies M. b. boiei in that the males have a white chest instead of a black one.

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When to see the Banda Myzomela

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Banda Myzomela

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Indonesia

About the Banda Myzomela

The Banda myzomela is a bird species in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, and found in the Banda, Babar and the Tanimbar Islands. The two subspecies usually recognised are separated by 350 km (220 mi) of open sea.

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Easily confused with

Ashy MyzomelaMyzomela cineraceaThe ashy myzomela is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Drab MyzomelaMyzomela blasiiThe drab myzomela or Seram myzomela is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Moluccan MyzomelaMyzomela simplexThe Moluccan myzomela is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

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