Black-faced friarbird

Black-faced friarbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Philemon
Species: P. moluccensis
Binomial name
Philemon moluccensis
(Gmelin, 1788)

The black-faced friarbird (Philemon moluccensis) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. 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.

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