Pygmy longbill

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Pygmy longbill
Oedistoma pygmaeum - The Birds of New Guinea (cropped).jpg
Illustration by William Matthew Hart

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanocharitidae
Genus: Oedistoma
Species:
O. pygmaeum
Binomial name
Oedistoma pygmaeum
Salvadori, 1876
Synonyms

Toxorhamphus pygmaeus
Toxorhamphus pygmaeum

The pygmy longbill or pygmy honeyeater (Oedistoma pygmaeum) is a species of bird in the family Melanocharitidae. It is one of two species in the genus Oedistoma, which also includes the dwarf longbill.[2] It is found in New Guinea and adjacent islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b BirdLife International (2017). "Oedistoma pygmaeum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22718162A118816113. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David & Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "Australasian babblers, logrunners, satinbirds, painted berrypeckers, wattlebirds, whipbirds". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress.


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