Red-headed honeyeater (species: Myzomela erythrocephala) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Myzomela erythrocephala
Red-headed honeyeater


©Tania Lamb: Red-headed Honeyeater at Lizard Island Research Station, 9 August 2009.

©Tania Lamb: Red-headed Honeyeater at Lizard Island Research Station, 9 August 2009.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Meliphagidae
Genus Myzomela
Species Myzomela erythrocephala
Status unspecified

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

A small bird with read head and rump, brown wings and tail.

Size

  • Up to 12 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia: The only record of this species at Lizard Island is the individual photographed here.

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