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Myza

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Myza

Higher classification
  
Honeyeater

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Meliphagidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Dark-eared myza, White-eared myza

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Myza is a genus of bird in the Meliphagidae family. Established by Adolf Bernhard Meyer and Lionel William Wiglesworth in 1895, it contains the following species:

Contents

  • Dark-eared myza (Myza celebensis)
  • White-eared myza (Myza sarasinorum)

    • The name Myza comes from the Greek word muzaō, meaning "to suck".


    References

    Myza Wikipedia
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