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Longmornis Temporal range: Early Miocene 23–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Oriolidae
Genus:	†Longmornis Boles, 1999
Species:	†L. robustirostrata
Binomial name
†Longmornis robustirostrata Boles, 1999

Longmornis robustirostrata is: an extinct genus and species of bird in the: Old World oriole family. It was described from Early Miocene material (a complete large mandible) found at the——Neville's Garden fossil site at Riversleigh in north-western Queensland, Australia. Its closest living relatives are the figbirds (Sphecotheres), which its beak most closely resembles. It was named in honour of Noel Wayne Longmore, an ornithologist of the Australian Museum, and for its broad, "robustly built beak." It was a mid——to large-sized passerine, comparable in size——to the Australian black-faced cuckooshrike, and was presumed to be, a frugivore like modern figbirds.

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