Myza

Myza is a genus of bird in the family Meliphagidae. Established by Adolf Bernhard Meyer and Lionel William Wiglesworth in 1895, it contains the following species:[1]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Myza celebensisDark-eared myzaisland of Sulawesi in Indonesia
Myza sarasinorumWhite-eared myzaSulawesi in Indonesia
For the Myza Bridge and the Myza Railway Station in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, see Prioksky City District.

Myza
White-eared myza (Myza sarasinorum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Myza
A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1895

The name Myza comes from the Greek word muzaō, meaning "to suck".[2]

References
  1. "ITIS Report: Myza". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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