Pygmy Longbill
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The Pygmy Longbill or Pygmy Honeyeater (Oedistoma or Toxorhamphus pygmaeum) is a species of bird
in the Melanocharitidae
family. It is placed in the genus Toxorhamphus
or in Oedistoma, which sometimes also includes the Dwarf Longbill (Toxorhamphus iliolophus).
It is found in Indonesia
and Papua New Guinea
on New Guinea
and adjacent islands.
Its natural habitat
s are subtropical or tropical dry forest
s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Melanocharitidae
Melanocharitidae
The Melanocharitidae, the berrypeckers and longbills, is a small bird family restricted to the forests of New Guinea. The family contains ten species in four genera...
family. It is placed in the genus Toxorhamphus
Toxorhamphus
Toxorhamphus is a genus of bird in the Melanocharitidae family. They are commonly known as longbills and were once thought to be in the honeyeater family...
or in Oedistoma, which sometimes also includes the Dwarf Longbill (Toxorhamphus iliolophus).
It is found in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
on New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and adjacent islands.
Its natural habitat
Habitat
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s are subtropical or tropical dry forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.