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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.

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monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Melanocharitidae
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taxon name
Oedistoma
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Oedistoma
Commons category
Oedistoma
taxon common name
Longbills
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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.

==Species== Spectacled longbill, Oedistoma iliolophus Pygmy longbill, Oedistoma pygmaeum

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