Helmeted friarbird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Philemon |
| Species: | P. buceroides
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| Philemon buceroides (Swainson, 1838)
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The helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.
Distribution and habitat
The Helmeted friarbird is found in Indonesia and northern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
Subspecies
The hornbill friarbird (P. b. yorki) of Cape York Peninsula and coastal north-eastern Queensland is sometimes considered a subspecies of the helmeted friarbird or as a full species. The same is also true of the New Guinea friarbird (P. b. novaeguineae).
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Philemon buceroides.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Philemon buceroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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