Orange-breasted Myzomela

Taxobox
name = Orange-breasted Myzomela

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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Myzomela"
species = "M. jugularis"
binomial = "Myzomela jugularis"
binomial_authority = Peale, 1848
synonyms = The Orange-breasted Myzomela ("Myzomela jugularis"), or Orange-breasted Honeyeater, is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Fiji, where it is the smallest resident avian species. It breeds on all the islands except Rotuma.

Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

The Orange-breasted Myzomela is 10 cm (4 in long). The upperparts are black with a scarlet rump. The underparts are pale yellow-white. The curved bill and feet are black. The male has a scarlet crown.cite book |title=A Field Guide to Fiji Birds |last=Mercer |first=Robin|year=1967 |publisher=Government Press |location=Suva|pages=p. 22]

It is a familiar bird in gardens as well as rural forest and mangrove habitats, as well as among coconut trees in disturbed areas. [cite journal |author=Steadman DW, Franklin J |year=2000 |title=A Preliminary Survey of Landbirds on Lakeba, Lau Group, Fiji |journal=Emu |volume=100 |issue=3 |pages=227-35 |doi=10.1071/MU9934 |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU9934.htm (abstract) |accessdate=2008-06-25]

The small nest is composed of root fibres and hidden in shrubby vegetation. A clutch of two eggs, pale pink with brown spots, is laid, and are incubated for around 14 days.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50720/all Myzomela jugularis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.