Pygmy longbill
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]
Pygmy longbill | |
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Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Melanocharitidae |
Genus: | Oedistoma |
Species: | O. pygmaeum |
Binomial name | |
Oedistoma pygmaeum Salvadori, 1876 | |
Synonyms | |
Toxorhamphus pygmaeus |
References
- BirdLife International (2017). "Oedistoma pygmaeum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22718162A118816113. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- 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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