Red-capped myzomela

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| name = Red-capped myzomela

| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.133875 1 - Myzomela lafargei Pucheran, 1853 - Meliphagidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Myzomela lafargei |volume=2018 |page=e.T22703880A130347222 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703880A130347222.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Myzomela lafargei

| authority = Pucheran, 1853

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The red-capped myzomela (Myzomela lafargei), also known as the scarlet-naped myzomela, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the Solomon Islands archipelago (Buka, Bougainville, the Shortland Islands, Fauro, Choiseul and Santa Isabel). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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