The red-headed myzomela (Myzomela erythrocephala) is a bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. One of two subspecies, M. e. erythrocephala, is distributed around the tropical coastline of Australia; the other, M. e. infuscata, is found mainly around the southern coastline of New Guinea. The species was described by John Gould in 1840. Though widely distributed and not threatened, the species is not abundant within its range. At 12 centimetres (4.7 in), the red- headed myzomela is a small honeyeater with a short tail and relatively long down-curved bill. It is sexually dimorphic; the male has a glossy red head, brown upperparts and paler grey-brown underparts, while the female has predominantly grey-brown plumage. Little has been documented on its breeding behaviour. The bird's natural habitat is tropical mangrove forests. It is very active when feeding in the tree canopy, darting from flower to flower and gleaning insects off foliage. It calls constantly as it feeds.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1966:
The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappeared off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all 31 people aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_MV_Darlwyne
1972:
The Troubles: Hours after the British Army's Operation Motorman brought an end to the autonomous self-declared area of Free Derry in Northern Ireland, three car bombs exploded in the village of Claudy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudy_bombing
2000:
Three years after being hit by a mudslide, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong fully reopened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Thousand_Buddhas_Monastery
2012:
The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indian states, affecting more than 620 million people, or about 9 percent of the world's population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_India_blackouts
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
yellow jersey: 1. Especially in the Tour de France: the yellow shirt worn by the leader of a stage of a cycling race, which is then awarded to the cyclist who wins the race with the fastest overall time. 2. (by extension) A cyclist who wears such a jersey or shirt; hence, the leader of a stage of a cycling race, or the winner of a cycling race. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yellow_jersey
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