Little Friarbird

Little Friarbird

Taxobox
name = Little Friarbird
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Meliphagidae
genus = "Philemon"
species = "P. citreogularis"
binomial = "Philemon citreogularis"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1837)

The Little Friarbird, "Philemon citreogularis", is the smallest of the group of giant Australian honeyeaters called friarbirds. It occurs in open forest and woodland across eastern Australia and southern New Guinea.

The Little Friarbird can be distinguished by its small size and the lack of a knob on its bill.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern


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