Long-billed myzomela

Long-billed myzomela
Preserved specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Myzomela
Species:	M. longirostris
Binomial name
Myzomela longirostris Mayr & Rand, 1935

The long-billed myzomela (Myzomela longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found on Goodenough Island (d'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea). It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-collared myzomela (Myzomela rosenbergii), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. ^[2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International (2022). "Myzomela longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T103687306A217550818. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-06-13.