Buru Friarbird
Philemon moluccensis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Buru Friarbird
The Buru Friarbird (Philemon moluccensis) 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: Buru Island (southern Moluccas)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Philemon moluccensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buru Friarbird
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Merops moluccensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Bouro [= Buru] Island. Based on Polochion Buffon
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.465
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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