This individual belongs to the race gordoni, the so-called Melville Island Friarbird. As in the other race found in the Northern Territory (ammitophila), its knob is greatly reduced compared to individuals from Queensland
Photo © by tcollins
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, February 2006
Photo © by tcollins
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, February 2006
This is the subspecies 'yorki' from Queensland with the larger casque.
Photo © by peterday
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, June 2019
Photo © by peterday
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, June 2019
- Philemon buceroides
Includes: New Guinea Friarbird, Hornbill Friarbird, Tenggara Friarbird
Identification
32–36 cm (12½-14¼ in)
- Black face
- Pale greyish underparts
Distribution
Australia, New Guinea and Lesser Sundas (Indonesia).
Taxonomy
Subspecies buceroides and neglectus are fairly divergent and may be split as species "Tenggara Friarbird" (P. buceroides). Novaguineae (together with yorki) is sometimes split as "New Guinea Friarbird". Subspecies yorki (alone) sometimes also gets full species status as "Hornbill Friarbird".
Subspecies
Clements recognises the following subspecies [1]:
- P. b. neglectus: "Tenggara Friarbird". Western Lesser Sundas
- P. b. buceroides: "Tenggara Friarbird". East Lesser Sundas
- P. b. gordoni: "Melville Island Friarbird". Northern Territory (Australia)
- P. b. ammitophila: Northern Australia
- P. b. yorki: "New Guinea Friarbird" or "Hornbill Friarbird". North-eastern Queensland
- P. b. novaeguineae: "New Guinea Friarbird". New Guinea
Habitat
Rainforest, woodlands and thickets.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of nectar, fruit and seeds, supplemented with insects and insect larva, spiders and sometimes lizards.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Helmeted Friarbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Helmeted_Friarbird
External Links
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