Typical Friarbirds
Philemon
The friarbirds, also called leatherheads, 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 in Australia, Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and New Caledonia. They eat nectar, insects and other invertebrates, flowers, fruit and seeds.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Noisy Friarbird
speciesPhilemon corniculatus
Little Friarbird
speciesPhilemon citreogularis
Helmeted Friarbird
speciesPhilemon buceroides
Silver-crowned Friarbird
speciesPhilemon argenticeps
New Caledonian Friarbird
speciesPhilemon diemenensis
Timor Friarbird
speciesPhilemon inornatus
New Britain Friarbird
speciesPhilemon cockerelli
Seram Friarbird
speciesPhilemon subcorniculatus
Tanimbar Friarbird
speciesPhilemon plumigenis
Meyer's Friarbird
speciesPhilemon meyeri
Gray Friarbird
speciesPhilemon kisserensis
Buru Friarbird
speciesPhilemon moluccensis
Morotai Friarbird
speciesPhilemon fuscicapillus
White-naped Friarbird
speciesPhilemon albitorques
New Ireland Friarbird
speciesPhilemon eichhorni
Brass's Friarbird
speciesPhilemon brassi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12319.