Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Dusky Friarbird (Philemon fuscicapillus) - HBW 13, p. 679

French: Polochion sombre German: Morotailederkopf Spanish: Filemón Sombrío
Other common names: Morotai Friarbird

Taxonomy: Tropidorhynchus fuscicapillus Wallace, 1862, Morty Island = Morotai, north Moluccas.
Forms a superspecies with P. subcorniculatus, P. moluccensis, P. plumigenis, P. buceroides, P. cockerelli, P. eichhorni and P. albitorques. Formerly suggested that all may belong to a single species, or that present species may be conspecific with first three of these. Monotypic.

Distribution: Morotai, Halmahera and, probably, Bacan, in N Moluccas.