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New Caledonian Friarbird

Philemon diemenensis(Lesson, RP, 1831)

English (US) New Caledonian Friarbird

The New Caledonian Friarbird (Philemon diemenensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: forest of New Caledonia, including Maré and Lifou (Loyalty Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Philemon diemenensis
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
New Caledonian Friarbird
Described by
(Lesson, RP, 1831)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Tropidorhynchus diemenensis
Described by
(Lesson, RP, 1831)
Type locality
La Terre de Diemen [by error = New Caledonia] .
Original description
Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.6 p.401

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 195 species of the family Meliphagidae