Pygmy longbill

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]

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