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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- New Caledonian Friarbird
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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