Family Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Least Concern
Dark-eared Myza (Myza celebensis)
Taxonomy
French: Méliphage des Célèbes German: Brillenhonigfresser Spanish: Mielero chico de Célebes
Other common names:
Lesser Streaked Honeyeater
Taxonomy:
Arachnothera ? celebensis
A. B. Meyer and Wiglesworth
, 1894,Bone Mountains, Gorontalo, north Sulawesi
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Subspecies and Distribution
M. c. celebensis
(A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894) – N, C & SE Sulawesi.
M. c. meridionalis
(A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896) – S Sulawesi.
Descriptive notes
17 cm; three males 19·5–22·5 g. Nominate race has top of head and neck grey to tawny-olive, finely streaked dark olive-brown, merging to largely dark... read more
Voice
Main call a sharp, harsh “tsreet” or harsh “kik”. Song a slurred series of... read more
Habitat
Occupies montane rainforest, mainly in primary forest, including moss forest. More often on lower... read more
Food and feeding
No details of diet. Forages mainly in lower stages, less often in canopy, but feeds in crowns of flowering trees, including in flowering... read more
Breeding
Little information. Females with brood patches recorded in late Mar (2) and Jul (1).
Movements
No information; probably sedentary.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restrictedrange species: present in Sulawesi EBA. Widespread and common. Continuing threats to habitat, through logging and clearing, potentially of... read more
Proposed race parvirostris (Mt Tanke, in SE Sulawesi) included in nominate. Two subspecies recognized.