Friarbird

Friarbird

Taxobox
name = Friarbirds


image_caption = Noisy Friarbird, "Philemon corniculatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Philemon"
genus_authority = Vieillot, 1816
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = about 15 (see text)

The friarbirds (also called leatherhead) are about 15 species of relatively large honeyeaters in the genus "Philemon". Additionally, the single member of the genus "Melitograis" is called the White-streaked Friarbird. Friarbirds are found Australia, Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and New Caledonia. They eat nectar, insects and other invertebrates, flowers, fruit and seeds.

pecies

Genus "Philemon":
* Meyer's Friarbird ("Philemon meyeri")
* Plain Friarbird ("Philemon inornatus")
* Brass's Friarbird ("Philemon brassi")
* Little Friarbird ("Philemon citreogularis")
** Grey Friarbird ("Philemon (citreogularis) kisserensis")
* Dusky Friarbird ("Philemon fuscicapillus")
* Black-faced Friarbird ("Philemon moluccensis")
* Grey-necked Friarbird ("Philemon subcorniculatus")
* Helmeted Friarbird ("Philemon buceroides")
* New Guinea Friarbird ("Philemon novaeguineae")
* White-naped Friarbird ("Philemon albitorques")
* New Britain Friarbird ("Philemon cockerelli")
* New Ireland Friarbird ("Philemon eichhorni")
* Silver-crowned Friarbird ("Philemon argenticeps")
* Noisy Friarbird ("Philemon corniculatus")
* New Caledonian Friarbird ("Philemon diemenensis")


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