Long-billed honeyeater

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

Long-billed honeyeater
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)
Synonyms
  • Ptilotis megalorhynchus

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.[3]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Melilestes megarhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "ITIS Report: Melilestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. "Melilestes megarhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 November 2014.


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