Taliabu myzomela: Difference between revisions

The '''Taliabu myzomela''' ('''''Myzomela wahe''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Meliphagidae|honeyeater]] family. It was first described in 2020.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rheindt|first1=Frank E.|last2=Prawiradilaga|first2=Dewi M.|last3=Ashari|first3=Hidayat|last4=Suparno|last5=Gwee|first5=Chyi Yin|last6=Lee|first6=Geraldine W. X.|last7=Wu|first7=Meng Yue|last8=Ng|first8=Nathaniel S. R.|date=2020-01-10|title=A lost world in Wallacea: Description of a montane archipelagic avifauna|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax2146|journal=Science|language=en|volume=367|issue=6474|pages=167–170|doi=10.1126/science.aax2146|issn=0036-8075|pmid=31919216|doi-access=free}}</ref> The species was named after the village of Wahe on [[Taliabu Island Regency|Taliabu Island]], which is the gateway to the highest elevations on Taliabu where it most commonly occurs.

This Myzomelamyzomela has thus far only been found on the [[Taliabu Island Regency|island of Taliabu]] within the [[Sula Islands Regency|Sula Archipelago]]. On Taliabu, it has been recorded from sea level to 1,300m and it presumably occurs further up all the way to the highest elevation at ~1,415m. The species inhabits forest canopy and edge habitat, and is a nectarivore and frugivore that has been photographed feeding at flowers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/09/flycatchers-and-fantails-new-songbird-species-discovered-on-tiny-islands-indonesia-aoe|title=Flycatchers and fantails: new songbirds discovered on tiny islands|last=Greenfield|first=Patrick|date=2020-01-09|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-01-19|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/01/new-birds-species-sulawesi-indonesia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110011955/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/01/new-birds-species-sulawesi-indonesia/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2020|title=10 new birds discovered in 'lost world'|date=2020-01-09|website=Animals|language=en|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>

[[Category:Endemic faunaBirds of Indonesiathe Sula Islands]]