Long-billed honeyeater | |
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Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1884 | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Melilestes Salvadori, 1876 |
Species: | M. megarhynchus |
Binomial name | |
Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray, 1858) | |
Synonyms | |
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The long-billed honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Melilestes megarhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22703934A130242300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703934A130242300.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- "ITIS Report: Melilestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Melilestes megarhynchus |
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