Tanimbar Friarbird (Philemon plumigenis)
About the Tanimbar Friarbird
The Tanimbar friarbird (Philemon plumigenis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the Kai and Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was first described by the English ornithologist George Robert Gray in 1858 under the binomial name Tropidorhynchus plumigenis. The specific epithet is from the Latin pluma meaning plume and genis meaning cheeks. The Tanimbar friarbird was split from the Buru friarbird that occurs on the island of Buru following the publication in 2007 of a study by Frank Rheindt and Robert Hutchinson.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 18 recordings for this species: 13 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Helmeted FriarbirdPhilemon buceroidesrecording
- Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularisrecording
- Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatusrecording
- Timor FriarbirdPhilemon inornatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.