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Myzomela
File:Myzomela jugularis.jpg
Sulphur-breasted Myzomela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Myzomela
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

Myzomela is a genus of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is the largest genus of honeyeaters, with 31 species, and the most geographically widespread. It ranges from Indonesia to Australia and into the islands of the Pacific Ocean as far as Micronesia and Samoa. It contains the following species:

File:Myzomela sanguinolenta (jsk16270).jpg

Male Scarlet Myzomela


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