Long-billed myzomela
Long-billed myzomela | |
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Preserved specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Myzomela |
Species: | M. longirostris
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Binomial name | |
Myzomela longirostris |
The long-billed myzomela (Myzomela longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found on Goodenough Island. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-collared myzomela (Myzomela rosenbergii), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Myzomela longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Myzomela
- Birds of Papua New Guinea
- Birds described in 1935
- Taxa named by Ernst Mayr
- Taxa named by Austin L. Rand
- Meliphagidae stubs