Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
New Britain Friarbird (Philemon cockerelli) - HBW 13, p. 681
French:
Polochion de Nouvelle-Bretagne
German: Cockerell-Lederkopf
Spanish:
Filemón de Nueva Bretaña
Other common names: Bismarck/New Britain Fria(r)bird, New Britain
Leatherhead
Taxonomy: Philemon
cockerelli P. L. Sclater, 1877, New Britain.
Forms
a superspecies with P. fuscicapillus, P. subcorniculatus,
P. moluccensis, P. plumigenis, P. buceroides, P.
eichhorni and P. albitorques. Formerly suggested that all
may belong to a single species. Treated as a race of P. buceroides
by some authors. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- umboi E. J. O. Hartert, 1926 - Umboi, in Bismarck Archipelago.
- cockerelli P. L. Sclater, 1877 - New Britain and Duke of York Is, in Bismarck Archipelago.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling Locality Lavege, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago
(ssp cockerelli)
monicayhector 14 July 1992 2 years ago 3
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