Conservation status:
Not Threatened
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy: Myzomela cineracea P. L. Sclater, 1879, New Britain. Forms a superspecies with M. blasii, M. albigula, M. eques and M. obscura. Often treated as conspecific with M. eques. Birds from Umboi, slightly larger (and male possibly slightly paler above) than those of New Britain, described as race rooki, but differences considered too slight to warrant recognition of geographical races. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Distribution:
- Umboi and New Britain, in Bismarck Archipelago.
Habitat:
Primary rainforest, forest edge and tall secondary forest and regrowth, found in lowland alluvial rainforest and edge.
Trophic strategy:
Nectar and small arthropods
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