Oedistoma
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Oedistoma is a genus of longbill in the bird family Melanocharitidae (berrypeckers and longbills). The genus, like the family, is endemic to New Guinea. The genus contains two species, both of which are sometimes placed in the genus Toxorhamphus.[2]
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Oedistoma | |
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Toxorhamphus poliopterus (above) Oedistoma iliolophus (below) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Melanocharitidae |
Genus: | Oedistoma Salvadori, 1876 |
Type species | |
Oedistoma pygmaeum[1] Salvadori, 1876 |
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