Long-billed Honeyeater
Melilestes megarhynchus(Gray, GR, 1858)
English (US) Long-billed Honeyeater
The Long-billed Honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Melilestes megarhynchus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-billed Honeyeater
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Melilestes megarhynchus vagans
- Melilestes megarhynchus megarhynchus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilotis megarhynchus
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
- Type locality
- Aru Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.357 p.174
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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