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- Philemon citreogularis
Identification
Length 26cm
Male:
- Brownish-grey above
- Paler grey on neck and collar
- A bare blue-grey face patch
- Pale greyish white below with fine white streaking on the breast.
Females are slightly smaller, but otherwise similar.
Juveniles are browner above, with yellow chin and throat
Their scientific name "citreogularis" means yellow throat but it is only the juveniles that have it.
Distribution
Australasia: found in New Guinea, Australia: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Melanesia.
Summer breeding migrant in south.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- P. c. papuensis:
- Trans-Fly savanna of southern New Guinea
- P. c. sordidus:
- Northern Australia (Broome, Western Australia to northern Queensland)
- P. c. citreogularis:
- Eastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula to northern Victoria and southern South Australia)
Four other subspecies: occidentalis, breda, carpenteriae, johnstoni[2] are not recognised by all authorities.
Habitat
Open forests, tropical and eucalypt woodlands, near rivers; swamp-woodlands; mangroves; orchards, parks, gardens.
Behaviour
Mobbing an Australian Magpie
Photo by aussietrev
Queensland, Australia, October 2008
Diet
Their diet is mainly invertebrates and nectar, also flowers, fruit and seeds. They choose shady treetops to forage in.
Breeding
Both parents build the nest, a large deep open cup, which is lined with soft materials such as fine grass, always associated with water. The female alone incubates the eggs, but both parents feed the young.
Vocalisation
Noisy
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Birds in Backyards
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Little Friarbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Friarbird
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