Spectacled longbill

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Spectacled longbill
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanocharitidae
Genus: Oedistoma
Species:
O. iliolophus
Binomial name
Oedistoma iliolophus
(Salvadori, 1876)
Synonyms

Toxorhamphus iliolophum

The spectacled longbill (Oedistoma iliolophus), also known as dwarf longbill, plumed longbill or dwarf honeyeater, is a species of bird in the family Melanocharitidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Oedistoma iliolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22718159A94570494. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718159A94570494.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.