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Long billed honeyeater

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Melilestes megarhynchus

Higher classification
  
Melilestes

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Meliphagidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Melilestes Salvadori, 1876

Similar
  
Bougainville honeyeater, Mimic honeyeater, Orange‑cheeked honeyeater

The long-billed honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

Long-billed honeyeater Wikipedia