Brass's friarbird
| Brass's friarbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Philemon |
| Species: | P. brassi
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| Binomial name | |
| Philemon brassi Rand, 1940
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Brass's friarbird (Philemon brassi) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Australian botanist, Leonard J. Brass (1900-1971), who worked for the Queensland Herbarium .[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Philemon brassi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 63.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Philemon (bird)
- Birds of Western New Guinea
- Birds described in 1940
- Taxa named by Austin L. Rand
- Meliphagidae stubs