Biology:Long-billed honeyeater
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melilestes Salvadori, 1876 |
| Species: | M. megarhynchus
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| Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray, 1858)
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The long-billed honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes.[2]
Distribution and habitat
It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands,[1] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 BirdLife International (2018). "Melilestes megarhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22703934A130242300. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703934A130242300.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22703934/130242300. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Melilestes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=557886.
Wikidata ☰ Q934986 entry
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