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Long-billed myzomela
Preserved specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Myzomela
Species:	M. longirostris
Binomial name
Myzomela longirostris Mayr & Rand, 1935

The long-billed myzomela (Myzomela longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found on Goodenough Island (d'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea). It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-collared myzomela (Myzomela rosenbergii), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International (2022). "Myzomela longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T103687306A217550818. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.

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• IUCN Red List least concern species
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• Birds of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands
• Birds described in 1935
• Taxa named by Ernst Mayr
• Taxa named by Austin L. Rand
• Endemic birds of Papua New Guinea
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