Meyer's friarbird
| Meyer's friarbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Meliphagidae |
| Genus: | Philemon |
| Species: | P. meyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Philemon meyeri Salvadori, 1878
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Meyer's friarbird (Philemon meyeri) is a species of
Meliphagidae
.
It is found throughout New Guinea.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The common name commemorates
Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), a German anthropologist and ornithologist who collected in the Dutch East Indies.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 234.
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