Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

White-streaked Friarbird (Melitograis gilolensis) - HBW 13, p. 685

French: Polochion strié German: Halmaheralederkopf Spanish: Filemón Estriado
Other common names: White-streaked Honeyeater, Bonaparte’s/Gilolo/Striated Friarbird

Taxonomy: Tropidorhynchus gilolensis Bonaparte, 1850, Gilolo Island = Halmahera.
Genus formerly subsumed in Philemon and considered closely related to latter. Monotypic.

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