Mountain myzomela
| Mountain myzomela | |
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| Mountain myzomela (bottom right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Myzomela |
| Species: | M. adolphinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Myzomela adolphinae Salvadori, 1876
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The mountain myzomela, elfin myzomela, or midget myzomela (Myzomela adolphinae) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
This species was named in honour of Adolphine Susanna Wilhelmina Bruijn.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Myzomela adolphinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014-10-01). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472905741.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Myzomela
- Birds of New Guinea
- Birds described in 1876
- Taxa named by Tommaso Salvadori
- Meliphagidae stubs