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This individual belongs to the race gordoni, the so-called Melville Island Friarbird. As in the other race found in the Northern Territory (race ammitophila), its knob is greatly reduced compared to individuals from Queensland
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

Philemon buceroides

Includes: New Guinea Friarbird; Hornbill Friarbird

Identification

32–36 cm (12½-14¼ in)

Black face
Pale greyish underparts

Distribution

Australia, New Guinea and Lesser Sundas (Indonesia).

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Clements¹ accepts six subspecies:

P. b. neglectus of the Western Lesser Sundas
P. b. buceroides of the East Lesser Sundas
P. b. gordoni of the Northern Territory (Australia)
P. b. ammitophila of Northern Australia
P. b. yorki of North-eastern Queensland
P. b. novaeguineae of New Guinea

Novaguineae (together with yorki) is sometimes split as New Guinea Friarbird. Yorki also gets full species status sometimes as Hornbill Friarbird.

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

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Helmeted Friarbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Helmeted_Friarbird

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-[[Image:Helmeted_Friarbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|This individual belong to the race ''gordoni'', the so-called Melville Island Friarbird. As in the other race found in the Northern Territory (race ammitophila), its knob is greatly reduced compared to individuals from [[Queensland]] (race ''yorki'').<br />Photo by {{user|tcollins|tcollins}} <br />Darwin, [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]], February 2006]]
+[[Image:Helmeted_Friarbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|This individual belongs to the race ''gordoni'', the so-called Melville Island Friarbird. As in the other race found in the Northern Territory (race ammitophila), its knob is greatly reduced compared to individuals from [[Queensland]] <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|collins|tcollins}} <br />Darwin, [[Northern Territory]], [[Australia]], February 2006]]
+[[Image:Friarbird, Helmeted 01c.jpg|thumb|450px|right|This is the subspecies 'yorki' from Queensland with the larger casque. <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|peterday|peterday}} <br />Yungaburra, [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], June 2019]]
 ;[[:Category:Philemon|Philemon]] buceroides
 '''Includes: New Guinea Friarbird; Hornbill Friarbird'''