Toxorhamphus

Toxorhamphus is a genus of birds in the family Melanocharitidae. They are commonly known as longbills and were once thought to be in the honeyeater family. The genus is endemic to the islands of New Guinea.

Toxorhamphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Melanocharitidae
Genus:	Toxorhamphus Stresemann, 1914
Type species
Cinnyris novaeguineae[1] Lesson, 1827

Species

It contains the following species:

• Yellow-bellied longbill (Toxorhamphus novaeguineae)
• Slaty-headed longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus)