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ForestTiny · 11 g
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The Sumba myzomela is a small honeyeater with a short, curved bill. Adults reach an average length of 11 cm. Adult males have a distinctive bright black-and-red plumage. The head and neck are dark red, separated sharply from the black mantle and breast band. There is a narrow black loral stripe, broadening into a narrow ring around the eye. The back, scapulars, and upperwing are also blackish, with the pale greyish edges to the remiges and coverts forming a pale panel when the wing is folded. The underside of the wing is white with a dark grey edge and tip.
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When to see the Sumba Myzomela
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sumba Myzomela
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Sumba Myzomela
The Sumba myzomela is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Sumba in the western Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, where it is found in forest with a significant component of deciduous trees.
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Easily confused with
Sooty MyzomelaMyzomela tristramiThe sooty myzomela is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Crimson-rumped MyzomelaMyzomela eichhorniThe crimson-rumped myzomela or yellow-vented myzomela, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
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