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The noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is one of several species known as friarbirds whose heads are bare of feathers. It is brown-grey in colour, with a prominent knob on its bare black-skinned head. It feeds on insects and ...
Honeyeaters and the Australian chats make up the family Meliphagidae.They are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea.
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Noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) New Caledonian friarbird ( Philemon diemenensis ) Formerly, some authorities also considered the black-eared oriole (as Philedon bouroensis ) a species within the genus Philemon .
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The helmeted friarbird's population has currently been evaluated as stable; however, it is suspected that within the next 10 years the population will decrease by 10%, therefore ultimately classifying the species as vulnerable. [4] The friarbird is quickly becoming closer to extinction with a decrease of ten percent after every generation.
Meyer's friarbird (Philemon meyeri) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The common name commemorates Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), a German anthropologist and ornithologist who collected in the Dutch East Indies. [2]
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