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Toxorhamphus

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Toxorhamphus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Melanocharitidae
Genus: Toxorhamphus
Stresemann, 1914

Toxorhamphus is a genus of birds in the family Melanocharitidae. They are commonly known as longbills and were once thought to be in the honeyeater family. The genus is endemic to the islands of New Guinea.

Species

It contains the following species: