Helmeted Friarbird

Philemon buceroides - Polochion casqué

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Méliphagidés
Genus
:
Philemon
Species
:
buceroides

Descriptor

Swainson, 1838

Biometrics

Size
: 36 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 96 à 131 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Philemon buceroides buceroides (e Lesser Sundas)
Philemon buceroides neglectus (w to c Lesser Sundas)
Philemon buceroides gordoni (extreme n Australia and Melville I.)
Philemon buceroides ammitophilus (interior n Australia)

Foreign names

Polochion casqué,
Filemón de yelmo,
pássaro-monge-de-capacete,
Helmlederkopf,
sisakos csupaszfejű-mézevő,
Timorese Helmlederkop,
Uccello frate dall'elmo,
hjälmmunkskata,
Hjelmmunkefugl,
kvetár prilbatý,
zoborožík přílbový,
Hjelmmunkefugl,
kypäräapotti,
frare d'elm,
filemon dzioborogi,
Шлемоносный филемон,
Cikukua tanduk,
トサカハゲミツスイ,
盔吮蜜鸟,
hjälmmunkskata,
噪聲吮蜜鳥,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas