Long-billed honeyeater
| Long-billed honeyeater | |
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1884 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melilestes Salvadori, 1876 |
| Species: | M. megarhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray, 1858) | |
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The long-billed honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes.[2]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,[1] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[3]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Melilestes megarhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Melilestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ↑ "Melilestes megarhynchus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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