Long-billed honeyeater

Species of bird

Long-billed honeyeater
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1884
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Ptilotis megalorhynchus

The long-billed honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands,[1] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Melilestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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Taxon identifiers
Melilestes megarhynchus


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