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'''Includes: New Guinea Friarbird; Hornbill Friarbird'''
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'''Includes: New Guinea Friarbird, Hornbill Friarbird, Tenggara Friarbird'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
32–36 cm (12½-14¼ in)
 
32–36 cm (12½-14¼ in)
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[[Australia]], [[New Guinea]] and [[Lesser Sundas]] ([[Indonesia]]).
 
[[Australia]], [[New Guinea]] and [[Lesser Sundas]] ([[Indonesia]]).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Subspecies ''buceroides'' and ''neglectus'' are fairly divergent and may be split as species "Tenggara Friarbird" (''P. buceroides''). ''Novaguineae'' (together with ''yorki'') is sometimes split as '''New Guinea Friarbird'''. ''Yorki'' also gets full species status sometimes as '''Hornbill Friarbird'''.
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> accepts six subspecies:
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Clements ([[#References|1]]) accepts six subspecies, 2 of which may be better treated as a full species:
* ''P. b. neglectus'' of the Western [[Lesser Sundas]]
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* ''P. b. neglectus'': "'''Tenggara Friarbird'''". Western [[Lesser Sundas]]
* ''P. b. buceroides'' of the East [[Lesser Sundas]]
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* ''P. b. buceroides'': "'''Tenggara Friarbird'''". East [[Lesser Sundas]]
* ''P. b. gordoni'' of the [[Northern Territory]] ([[Australia]])
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* ''P. b. gordoni'': [[Northern Territory]] ([[Australia]])
* ''P. b. ammitophila'' of Northern [[Australia]]
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* ''P. b. ammitophila'': Northern [[Australia]]
* ''P. b. yorki'' of North-eastern [[Queensland]]
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* ''P. b. yorki'': "'''New Guinea Friarbird'''" or "'''Hornbill Friarbird'''". North-eastern [[Queensland]]
* ''P. b. novaeguineae'' of [[New Guinea]]
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* ''P. b. novaeguineae'': "'''New Guinea Friarbird'''". [[New Guinea]]
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''Novaguineae'' (together with ''yorki'') is sometimes split as '''New Guinea Friarbird'''. ''Yorki'' also gets full species status sometimes as '''Hornbill Friarbird'''.
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Rainforest, woodlands and thickets.
 
Rainforest, woodlands and thickets.

Revision as of 23:19, 10 August 2023

This individual belongs to the race gordoni, the so-called Melville Island Friarbird. As in the other race found in the Northern Territory (race ammitophila), its knob is greatly reduced compared to individuals from Queensland
Photo © by tcollins
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, February 2006
This is the subspecies 'yorki' from Queensland with the larger casque.
Photo © by peterday
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, June 2019



Philemon buceroides

Includes: New Guinea Friarbird, Hornbill Friarbird, Tenggara Friarbird

Identification

32–36 cm (12½-14¼ in)

  • Black face
  • Pale greyish underparts

Distribution

Australia, New Guinea and Lesser Sundas (Indonesia).

Taxonomy

Subspecies buceroides and neglectus are fairly divergent and may be split as species "Tenggara Friarbird" (P. buceroides). Novaguineae (together with yorki) is sometimes split as New Guinea Friarbird. Yorki also gets full species status sometimes as Hornbill Friarbird.

Subspecies

Clements (1) accepts six subspecies, 2 of which may be better treated as a full species:


Habitat

Rainforest, woodlands and thickets.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar, fruit and seeds, supplemented with insects and insect larva, spiders and sometimes lizards.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
  3. BF Member observations

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