Red-headed Myzomela

Myzomela erythrocephala ‡

Rapid Creek Arm, Charles Darwin Uni, N NT IMG_4799 20180802 - adult male. CLICK for another pic.

Notes: Small w. short tail, long bill; bright red hood w. black lores on male. Upper tail coverts
& rump red. Female: red tinted forehead & chin; no red behind eye. Cf Scarlet Myzomela (only
slight overlap in range); songs differ markedly; Scarlet female at best has faint red wash on
forehead, throat. Active. In mangroves, paperbark swamps, nearby lowland tropical forest.

Range from Morcombe©(corrected)