Cardinal Myzomela

When to see the Cardinal Myzomela

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cardinal Myzomela

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Cardinal Myzomela

The cardinal myzomela a species of passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is named for the scarlet color of the male. It is permanent resident to the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia, Temotu and Makira-Ulawa of theSolomon Islands, and the entirety of Vanuatu. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest. It frequents areas with flowers, such as gardens. This is a small, active bird, measuring about 13 cm (5.1 in) from bill to tail. Males are red and black in coloration, females are grayish-olive, sometimes with a red cap or red head.

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Easily confused with

Sulphur-breasted MyzomelaMyzomela jugularisThe sulphur-breasted myzomela is 10 cm (4 in) long. Red-collared MyzomelaMyzomela rosenbergiiThe red-collared myzomela is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Sulawesi MyzomelaMyzomela chloropteraThe Sulawesi myzomela is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.