Red-bellied Myzomela

Here the details of the Red-bellied Myzomela named bird below:

SCI Name:  Myzomela malaitae
Protonym:  Myzomela cardinalis malaitae Am.Mus.Novit. no.504 p.25
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Myzomela
Taxonomy Code:  rebmyz1
Type Locality:  Malaita Island,
Author:  Mayr
Publish Year:  1931
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

MYZOMELA
(Meliphagidae; Ϯ Scarlet Myzomela M. sanguinolenta) Gr. μυζαω muzaō  to suck; μελι meli  honey; "This section forms an interesting subdivision of the present group [Meliphagidae], as marking the passage to the Cinnyridæ ...  this type of form may be generically characterized as follows, the Mel. cardinalis being the normal species.  Genus. MYZOMELA.  Rostrum breve, gracile; culmine arcuato, ad basin subcultrato; naribus longitudinalibus, linearibus, perangustis, membrana supra tectis, rostri tertiam partem longitudine æquantibus.  Lingua, alæ, pedesque iidem fere ut in Meliphagis veris.  Cauda subbrevis, æqualis" (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Myzomela Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15, p. 318 [=316]. Type, by original designation, Meliphaga cardinalis Vigors and Horsfield = Certhia sanguinolenta Latham." (Salomonsen in Peters 1967, XII, 350).
Var. Mysomela.
Synon. Cosmeteira, Melomyza.    

malaitae
Malaita I., Solomon Is.