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]
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| Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Melanocharitidae |
| Genus: | Oedistoma |
| Species: | O. pygmaeum
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| Binomial name | |
| Oedistoma pygmaeum Salvadori, 1876
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| Synonyms | |
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Toxorhamphus pygmaeus | |
References
edit- ^ 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.