Philemon buceroides
(Helmeted friarbird)
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FAMILY |
Meliphagidae |
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Species |
Philemon buceroides |
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Common name |
Helmeted friarbird |
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Main colour |
Grey brown |
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Distinctive feature |
Bare skin head and part of neck, large gently sloping knob on forehead, size 30-37 cm |
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Campus |
Cairns, Townsville |
Description
This bird is common on the Townsville campus and elsewhere, readily distinguished by the grey-brown body, dark grey head with bare skin and the neck, which seems out of proportion to the body, and the gently sloping knob on the forehead. Underparts are a paler grey. Legs and feet grey, eyes with red-brown iris, bill black.
