Description
English: Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides) Cairns Esplanade, N Queensland, Australia
Date January 2009
Author Aviceda https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aviceda
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helmeted_friarbird_cairns09.JPG

The helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in Indonesia and northern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The subspecies P. b. yorki from the Cape York Peninsula and coastal north-eastern Queensland is sometimes considered a full species, as is the New Guinea friarbird, P. b. novaeguineae. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Meliphagidae, Genus: Philemon, Species: Philemon buceroides (Swainson, 1838).