Long-billed honeyeater
Species of bird
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The long-billed honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes.[2]
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1884 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Melilestes Salvadori, 1876 |
| Species: | M. megarhynchus |
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| Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray, 1858) | |
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Distribution and habitat
It is found in New Guinea and offshore islands,[1] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1] Long-billed honeyeaters do not migrate.[1] The average generation length of it is 5.8 years.[1]
