Dusky Myzomela
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Dusky Myzomela

Myzomela obscuraGould, 1843

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
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.

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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

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