Pygmy longbill
Species of bird
Pygmy longbill | |
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Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific 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 |
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]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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