Species profile
Pygmy Longbill
Oedistoma pygmaeum
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are New Guinea and some satellites.
- Scientific name
- Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Family
- Melanocharitidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Oedistoma
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Pygmy Longbill in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Melanocharitidae
- Black Berrypecker (Melanocharis nigra)
- Fan-tailed Berrypecker (Melanocharis versteri)
- Melanocharis chloroptera (Melanocharis chloroptera)
- Mid-mountain Berrypecker (Melanocharis longicauda)
- Obscure Berrypecker (Melanocharis arfakiana)
- Satin Berrypecker (Melanocharis citreola)
- Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus)
- Spectacled Longbill (Oedistoma iliolophus)