Pygmy longbill

Pygmy longbill
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 spectacled 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]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Oedistoma pygmaeum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22718162A118816113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22718162A118816113.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference IOC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).