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| − | [[Image:Noisy_Friarbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by ChrisCharles]] | + | [[Image:Noisy_Friarbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by ChrisCharles <br/>Photo taken: Queensland, Australia |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | Naked black head and a strong bill with a prominent casque at the base. Upperparts are dark brown to grey, the underbody is off-white, with silver-white feathers around the throat and upper breast, white tipped tail. | |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Dry forests and eucalypt woodlands, coastal scrub, heathlands and around wetlands and wet forests. | |
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | Diet includes nectar, fruit, insects and other invertebrates and sometimes eggs or baby birds. | |
| − | + | The female builds the large, deep cup-shaped nest from bark and grass, bound with spider webs, slinging it in a tree-fork. She alone incubates the eggs, but both parents feed the young, up to three weeks after fledging. | |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Philemon+corniculatus}} | {{GSearch|Philemon+corniculatus}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=63&bid=922 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=63&bid=922 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
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Revision as of 17:29, 30 October 2007
- Philemon corniculatus
Identification
Naked black head and a strong bill with a prominent casque at the base. Upperparts are dark brown to grey, the underbody is off-white, with silver-white feathers around the throat and upper breast, white tipped tail.
Distribution
Australia and New Guinea.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Dry forests and eucalypt woodlands, coastal scrub, heathlands and around wetlands and wet forests.
Behaviour
Diet includes nectar, fruit, insects and other invertebrates and sometimes eggs or baby birds.
The female builds the large, deep cup-shaped nest from bark and grass, bound with spider webs, slinging it in a tree-fork. She alone incubates the eggs, but both parents feed the young, up to three weeks after fledging.
