New Guinea friarbird

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The New Guinea friarbird (Philemon novaeguineae), also known as the Papuan friarbird, is a bird in the Meliphagidae, or honeyeater family. Many taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the helmeted friarbird, although some consider it to be a distinct species.

New Guinea friarbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Philemon
Species:
P. novaeguineae
Binomial name
Philemon novaeguineae
(Müller, S, 1842)

Distribution and habitat

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It is found in northern Australia and New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Diet

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It is one of few species of birds known to partake in extrafloral nectar feeding: it eats sugar secretions from mangroves' shoot bud bases.[1]

References

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  1. ^ PEMBERTON, Robert W.; ONO, Mikio (1993). "Extrafloral Nectar Feeding by the Japanese White-eye". Tropics. 2 (3): 183–186. doi:10.3759/tropics.2.183. ISSN 0917-415X.