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 5 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A bird preening and stretching in a tree before moving away. Locality Banora Green, Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp citreogularis)
Nick Talbot 18 August 2012 36 weeks ago 15 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched, feeding and looking around Locality Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 October 2004 5 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 2 years ago 39 sec 3.3 -
A bird preening in a bush. Locality Banora Green, Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp citreogularis)
Nick Talbot 18 August 2012 36 weeks ago 18 sec 3 -
Several views of a bird changing its perch. Locality Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp citreogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 2 years ago 23 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 2 years ago 4.3 -
bird feeding on grevilea
Locality Port of Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 June 2012 40 weeks ago 3.8 -
In the backyard
Locality Broome, Western Australia, Australia
gadcock 23 August 2009 3 years ago 3.6 -
Sordidus sub-species (northern Australia)
Locality Mataranka, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp sordidus)
Lindsay Hansch 6 July 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
An inquisitive little friarbird.
Locality Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
David Nowell 18 December 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Adult bird.
Locality Zoo Wuppertal, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 9 July 2010 41 weeks ago 3.4
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A bird calling with Noisy Miners and Rainbow Lorikeets calling from the same tree. Locality Banora Green, Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp citreogularis)
Nick Talbot 18 August 2012 36 weeks ago 3 -
A bird calling while being harassed by Noisy Miners. Locality Banora Green, Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp citreogularis)
Nick Talbot 18 August 2012 36 weeks ago 3
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