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Morotai Friarbird
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Morotai Friarbird

Philemon fuscicapillus
BirdNET IDBN09503
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations3
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

The Morotai friarbird or dusky friarbird (Philemon fuscicapillus) is a species of friarbird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is a dark brown bird with pale undersides. The area around the eye is bare and pink. It is around 30 cm long. The species is mimicked by the dusky-brown oriole, which is almost identical in appearance, a situation that has arisen in many species of orioles and friarbirds that exist in the same habitat. This is thought to reduce aggression by the friarbirds against the smaller orioles. It is endemic to the island of Morotai (there are also unproven records on Bacan) in North Maluku, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist shrubland. The species is tolerant of habitat degradation and has been observed living in coconut plantations. It is probably threatened by habitat loss, as much of the remaining forest in its range is threatened with logging, but more research is needed.

Translated Descriptions (6)

ar wikipedia
طائر الراهب الداكن (الاسم العلمي: Philemon fuscicapillus)، نوع من الطيور التي تتبع فصيلة آكلات العسل. موطنه جزيرة موروتاي (توجد أيضًا سجلات غير مثبتة على باكان) في شمال مالوكو بإندونيسيا.
es wikipedia
El filemón sombrío (Philemon fuscicapillus)​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Meliphagidae endémica de las islas Molucas.
fi wikipedia
Molukkienapotti (Philemon fuscicapillus) eli aiemmalta nimeltään molukkienkaljumesikko on mesikoiden heimoon kuuluva varpuslintu.
fr wikipedia
Le Polochion sombre (Philemon fuscicapillus) est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Meliphagidae.
nl wikipedia
De morotailederkop (Philemon fuscicapillus) is een zangvogel uit de familie van de honingeters. Deze soort behoort tot een groep van nauw verwante soorten lederkoppen op eilanden in het oosten van de Indische Archipel zoals de manuslederkop (P. albitorques), ceramlederkop (P. subcorniculatus), burulederkop (P. moluccensis), tanimbarlederkop (P. plumigenis), Timorese helmlederkop (P. buceroides), bismarcklederkop (P. cockerelli) en Eichhorns lederkop (P. eichhorni).
sv wikipedia
Morotaimunkskata (Philemon fuscicapillus) är en fågel i familjen honungsfåglar inom ordningen tättingar.

Common Names (32 locales)

ar طائر الراهب الداكن
arz طائر الراهب الداكن
bg Моротайски плешив медояд
ca frare fosc
cs zoborožík hnědý
cy Melysor moel tywyll
da Morotaimunkefugl
de Molukkenlederkopf
en Morotai Friarbird
es Filemón Sombrío
es_EC Filemón Sombrío
es_ES Filemón sombrío
es_MX Filemón Sombrío
fi molukkienapotti
fr Polochion sombre
hr svjetlogrli medojed
hu morotai csupaszfejű-mézevő
id cikukua hitam
it Uccello frate fosco
ja モロタイハゲミツスイ
nl Morotailederkop
no brunmunkefugl
pl filemon ciemny
pt morotai friarbird
pt_PT Morotai friarbird
ru Тёмный кожеголов
sk kvetár kokosový
sr Tamni gologlavi medojed
sv morotaimunkskata
tr Maluku Keşişkuşu
uk Медівник моротайський
zh-CN 暗吮蜜鸟

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#12340
eBirddusfri1
Macaulay Librarydusfri1
Xeno-CantoPhilemon fuscicapillus
observation.org#75000
GBIF2487064
NCBI1869150
AvibasePhilemon-fuscicapillus
BirdLife22704193