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Category:Oedistoma - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Oedistoma

Description

Two species of Longbills from New Guinea.
Both have a decurved bill, dull olive plumage, are very small and apparently lack a territorial song.

Taxonomy

Oedistoma is a monotypic genus in the Family Melanocharitidae.
Both species were formerly placed in within the Honeyeaters in the family Meliphagidae and are sometimes included in the genus Toxorhamphus.


Genus Oedistoma viewedit
O. iliolophus Dwarf Longbill
O. pygmaeum Pygmy Longbill

References

  1. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553453

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Pages in category ‘Oedistoma’

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