Green-crowned Longbill (Toxorhamphus novaeguineae)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-bellied Longbill, Green-crowned Longbill, Canary Longbill, New Guinea Longbill, Canary Bowbill, Canary False-sunbird

Family
Melanocharitidae (Berrypeckers And Longbills)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1827)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

Yellow-bellied Longbill (Toxorhamphus novaeguineae) [XC557754]
by Iain Woxvold from Upper Nena River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (call, calls)

Yellow-bellied Longbill (Toxorhamphus novaeguineae) [XC825164]
by id from Km 17, Kiunga-Tabubil Road, North Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (call, song)

Subspecies
Forms a species pair with Grey-winged Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), the two replacing each other altitudinally, with only marginal overlap.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

novaeguineae (Lesson, 1827) - West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool), Yapen I (in Geelvink Bay) and northern and W mainland New Guinea (east to Astrolabe Bay and Ramu R and, in south, to Etna Bay).
flaviventris (Rothschild & Hartert, 1911) - Aru Is, and southern New Guinea from Utakwa east to Lakekamu R.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Green-crowned Longbill (Toxorhamphus novaeguineae) - 10 files

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