Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
About the Dusky Myzomela
The dusky myzomela or dusky honeyeater (Myzomela obscura) 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 (M. simplex), red-tinged myzomela (M. rubrotincta), and Biak myzomela (M. rubrobrunnea) were formerly considered conspecific, but was split as distinct species by the IOC in 2021.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 47 recordings for this species: 23 CC BY-NC-ND · 21 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Australia, Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieillotirecording
- Australian BoobookNinox boobookrecording
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenrecording
- Black KiteMilvus migransrecording
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusrecording
- Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiirecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.