Black Honeyeater
Sugomel nigrum
The black honeyeater has a long, slender, down-curved bill, a small rounded head and slender neck set on a plump body, and a short, slightly cleft tail. It is between 10 and 13 cm (3.9 and 5.1 in) long, with an average wingspan of around 19 cm (7.5 in) and a weight of 9.5 g (0.34 oz). It has relatively long, pointed wings for a honeyeater, and very long wings for such a small bird, the development of which has been attributed to its feeding behaviour of flying between shrubs and hovering over flowers. The species is strongly sexually dimorphic.
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Micronesian Myzomela
Myzomela rubratra
The Micronesian myzomela is a small honeyeater measuring 13 cm in length. The sexes differ in size and appearance: The adult male weighs 15 g (range 12.7–18 g) and has a 72 mm wing chord, a 13 mm bill, a 55 mm tail, and a 21 mm tarsus, and the adult female is smaller, weighing 12.7 g (range 10.4–15 g) and with a wing chord measuring 66 mm, a 11 mm bill, a 55 mm tail, and a 20 mm tarsus. In both sexes and at all ages, the bill is distinctly curved downwards. It is colored brown with a yellow base in juveniles, darkening with age, becoming completely black in adults. Voice: The Micronesian myzomela has a complex dawn song that differs from its vocalizations later in the day. On Kosrae, the song begins before there is enough light to see the bird and lasts until it is visible (about 25 minutes); it has been described as sounding like multiple birds singing in unison.
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