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Meyer's friarbird

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Meyer's friarbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Philemon
Species:
P. meyeri
Binomial name
Philemon meyeri
Salvadori, 1878

Meyer's friarbird (Philemon meyeri) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found throughout New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The common name commemorates Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), a German anthropologist and ornithologist who collected in the Dutch East Indies.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Philemon meyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22704173A130350828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704173A130350828.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 234.