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Dusky Myzomela
Myzomela obscuraGould, 1843
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Meliphagidae
- Genus
- Myzomela
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The dusky myzomela or dusky honeyeater is a small, brown bird that is a common resident of the Aru Islands, southern New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia, where there are two separated populations, one in the Top End, another from Cape York Peninsula along the east coast as far south as the New South Wales border, though the species is rare south of Rockhampton. The Moluccan myzomela, red-tinged myzomela, and Biak myzomela were formerly considered conspecific, but was split as distinct species by the IOC in 2021.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South New Guinea and north and north-east Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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