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Long-billed Honeyeater
Melilestes megarhynchus (Gray, GR, 1858)
Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
Long-billed Honeyeater, Melilestes megarhynchus, is a honeyeater of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Australasia. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae and is the only species placed in the genus Melilestes. Its range covers both lowland and montane moist forest in tropical and subtropical settings. It does not migrate. The average generation length is 5.8 years.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Meliphagidae — Honeyeaters
- Breeding range
- Australasia: New Guinea and w satellites
