Myzomela rubrata wetmorei Momiyama, Birds Micronesia, 1922, p. 15 (Type locality, Ruk); Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia, 1922, p. 73 (Ruk); Mathews, Syst. Avium Australasianarum, 2, 1930, p. 743 (Ruk); Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 172 (Truk); Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 190 (Truk).
Myzomela cardinalis major Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 299 (Truk); Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no. 15, 1948, p. 72 (Truk).
Geographic range.—Micronesia: Caroline Islands—Truk.
Characters.—Adult male: Resembles adult male of M. c. rubrata, but tips of plumage lighter "scarlet."
Adult female: Resembles adult female of M. c. rubrata, but underparts more heavily tipped with scarlet; abdomen and under tail-coverts black; tail slightly darker. Differs from M. c. dichromata by presence of scarlet tips on feathers of head.
Immature male: Resembles adult female, but scarlet coloring of tips of feathers of head and neck narrower.
Immature female: Resembles immature female of M. c. rubrata, but upper parts grayer; underparts darker.
Measurements.—Measurements are listed in [table 48].
Specimens examined.—Total number, 19 (13 males, 6 females), as follows: Caroline Islands, USNM—Truk, 2 (Feb. 16, Dec. 13); AMNH—Truk, 17 (Feb., March, Nov., Dec.).