Pygmy longbill

Pygmy longbill
Illustration by William Matthew Hart
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Melanocharitidae
Genus:	Oedistoma
Species:	O. pygmaeum
Binomial name
Oedistoma pygmaeum Salvadori, 1876
Synonyms
Toxorhamphus pygmaeus Toxorhamphus pygmaeum

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]

References

1. 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.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David & Rasmussen, Pamela (eds.). "Australasian babblers, logrunners, satinbirds, painted berrypeckers, wattlebirds, whipbirds". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress.