Helmeted 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. buceroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Philemon buceroides (Swainson, 1838)
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The helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Distribution and habitat[]
The helmeted friarbird' is found in Indonesia and northern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
Subspecies[]
The hornbill friarbird (P. b. yorki) of Cape York Peninsula and coastal north-eastern Queensland is sometimes considered a subspecies of the helmeted friarbird or as a full species. The same is also true of the New Guinea friarbird (P. b. novaeguineae).
References[]
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- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Philemon buceroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Philemon (bird)
- Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Birds of the Aru Islands
- Birds of New Guinea
- Birds of the Northern Territory
- Birds of Queensland
- Birds described in 1838
- Meliphagidae stubs