Pygmy longbill | |
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Illustration by William Matthew Hart | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Melanocharitidae |
Genus: | Oedistoma |
Species: | O. pygmaeum |
Binomial name | |
Oedistoma pygmaeum Salvadori, 1876 | |
Synonyms | |
Toxorhamphus pygmaeus |
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