Buru friarbird

Buru friarbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Philemon
Species:
P. moluccensis
Binomial name
Philemon moluccensis
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

The Buru friarbird or black-faced friarbird (Philemon moluccensis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the island of Buru in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2017. Philemon moluccensis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103686144A112507662. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103686144A112507662.en. Retrieved 19 August 2019.