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Timor Friarbird

Philemon inornatus(Gray, GR, 1846)

English (US) Timor Friarbird

The Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus) 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: Timor (eastern Lesser Sundas)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Philemon inornatus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Timor Friarbird
Described by
(Gray, GR, 1846)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Tropidorhynchus inornatus
Described by
(Gray, GR, 1846)
Type locality
no locality [= Timor Island] ; restricted to Kupang by Mayr, 1944, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 83, p. 166.
Original description
The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 1 p.125 pl.XXXIX

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

See all 195 species of the family Meliphagidae