Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis) - HBW 13, p. 684
French:
Polochion à menton jaune
German: Glattstirn-Lederkopf
Spanish: Filemón Goligualdo
Other common names: Yellow-throated Friarbird, (Little) Leatherhead
Taxonomy: Tropidorhynchus
citreogularis Gould, 1837, interior of New South Wales,
Australia.
Forms
a superspecies with P. inornatus, P. brassi and P.
kisserensis; often treated as conspecific with last of those.
Nominate race intergrades with sordidus in Queensland (from
near Cape York S to around Georgetown); also exhibits slight clinal
variation in size, with decrease in length of wing and increase in
length of bill from S to N. Additional proposed races in Australia
are occidentalis (described from Derby, in N Western
Australia), breda (from Melville I), johnstoni (from
Johnston R, in N Queensland) and carpentariae .. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with P. inornatus, P. brassi and P. kisserensis; often treated as conspecific with last of those. Nominate race intergrades with sordidus in Queensland (from near Cape York S to around Georgetown); also exhibits slight clinal variation in size, with decrease in length of wing and increase in length of bill from S to N. Additional proposed races in Australia are occidentalis (described from Derby, in N Western Australia), breda (from Melville I), johnstoni (from Johnston R, in N Queensland) and carpentariae (from Normanton, in NW Queensland), but all of these represent only minor and clinal variation in size and tone of plumage. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- papuensis Mayr & Rand, 1935 - CS New Guinea (Merauke E to Oriomo R).
- sordidus (Gould, 1848) - N Western Australia (mainly N of 19° S, including many offshore islands) E through Top End of Northern Territory (including Melville I, Groote Eylandt and Sir Edward Pellew Is) to NW Queensland (S to Selwyn Range).
- citreogularis (Gould, 1837) - Queensland (from Cape York Peninsula and E of Diamantina Drainage Basin) to New South Wales (largely absent E of Great Divide in SE), N Victoria and extreme CE South Australia (along Murray R).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on nectar in a tree Locality Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 6 November 2003 4 years ago 28 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched, feeding and looking around Locality Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 October 2004 4 years ago 7 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on nectar in a tree. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (ssp citreogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 39 sec 3.3 -
Several views of a bird changing its perch. Locality Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp citreogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 1 year ago 23 sec 3 -
A bird perching in a tree and preening. Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp citreogularis )
Nick Talbot 11 February 2006 1 year ago 26 sec 3
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An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Banora Green, Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp citreogularis )
Nick Talbot 16 September 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
In the backyard
Locality Broome, Western Australia, Australia
gadcock 23 August 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
Sordidus sub-species (northern Australia)
Locality Mataranka, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp sordidus)
Lindsay Hansch 6 July 2010 48 weeks ago 3.6 -
An inquisitive little friarbird.
Locality Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
David Nowell 18 December 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
Little Friarbird feeding on berries
Locality Mataranka, Northern Territory, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 6 July 2010 5 weeks ago 3 -
A bird feeding on nectar in a tree.
Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (ssp citreogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 1 year ago 2.9
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