Myzomela lafargei
Conservation status:
Not Threatened
Phylogeny:
Taxonomy: Myzomela lafargei Pucheran, 1853, Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands. Forms a superspecies with M. pammelaena, M. melanocephala, M. eichhorni, M. malaitae and M. tristrami, and formerly suggested that all may be conspecific; this group possibly closely related to the M. cardinalis superspecies. Monotypic. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution:
Distribution:
- Buka, Bougainville, Shortland Is, Choiseul (and Arnavon I) and Santa Isabel (and Malakobi and Megapode), in N Solomon Is. * ramsayi Finsch, 1886 - Tingwon I and small islands off New Hanover (e.g. Tigak) and off N New Ireland, in Bismarck Archipelago. * nigerrima Salomonsen, 1966 - islands of Long, Crown and Tolokiwa and associated small islets (including Midi, Hein and islets of Siassi Group), between NE New Guinea and Umboi.
Habitat:
Primary rainforest, forest edge and tall secondary forest and regrowth, found in lowland alluvial rainforest and edge.
Trophic strategy:
Nectar and small arthropods