Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Black-faced Friarbird (Philemon moluccensis) - HBW 13, p. 679

French: Polochion des Moluques German: Burulederkopf Spanish: Filemón Moluqueño
Other common names: Buru/Moluccan/Moluccas Fria(r)bird

Taxonomy: Merops moluccensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Buru, Moluccas.
Forms a superspecies with P. fuscicapillus, P. subcorniculatus, P. plumigenis, P. buceroides, P. cockerelli, P. eichhorni and P. albitorques. Previously suggested that all may belong to a single species, or that present species may be conspecific with first three of these, or with P. plumigenis alone. Monotypic.

Distribution: Buru, in S Moluccas.