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Moluccan Myzomela (Myzomela simplex)

Moluccan Myzomela
Museum specimen photograph: G.R. Gray, 1860 via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Moluccan Myzomela

The Moluccan myzomela (Myzomela simplex) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found on the Maluku Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the dusky myzomela (Myzomela obscura), but phylogenetic evidence indicates that both are distinct species, and it has thus been split by the IUCN Red List, BirdLife International, and the International Ornithologists' Union. There are two recognized subspecies: M. s. mortyana - endemic to Morotai M. s. simplex - found on Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Damar, and the Bacan Islands.

Source: Moluccan myzomela on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 5 recordings for this species: 5 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 Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.