Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 1 — Photo: Reeve, Andrew|Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 2 — Photo: Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud|Reeve, Andrew · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 3 — Photo: Reeve, Andrew|Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 4 — Photo: Reeve, Andrew|Jønsson, Knud|Bodawatta, Kasun · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 5 — Photo: Reeve, Andrew|Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 6 — Photo: Bodawatta, Kasun|Reeve, Andrew|Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 7 — Photo: Reeve, Andrew|Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 8 — Photo: Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud|Reeve, Andrew · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 9 — Photo: Bodawatta, Kasun|Jønsson, Knud|Reeve, Andrew · CC BY 4.0

Slaty-headed Longbill (Toxorhamphus poliopterus), photo 10 — Photo: Jønsson, Knud|Reeve, Andrew|Bodawatta, Kasun · CC BY 4.0

About the Slaty-headed Longbill

The slaty-headed longbill or grey-winged longbill is a species of bird in the family Melanocharitidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Where the Slaty-headed Longbill lives

Regular range

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see the Slaty-headed Longbill

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Peak activity in November · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Yellow-bellied LongbillToxorhamphus novaeguineaeThe yellow-bellied longbill or green-crowned longbill is a species of bird in the family Melanocharitidae.

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