Family Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Least Concern
Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus)
Taxonomy
French: Polochion sobre German: Timorlederkopf Spanish: Filemón de Timor
Other common names:
Plain Friarbird
Taxonomy:
Tropidorhynchus inornatus
G. R. Gray
, 1846,no locality = Kupang, Timor
.Distribution:
Timor, in E Lesser Sundas.
Descriptive notes
24 cm. Small friarbird with moderately long and slightly decurved bill without protuberance at base. Plumage is plain brownish-grey above, with pale grey and rather downy... read more
Voice
Song a medley of moderately loud notes, including a rapid series of similarly pitched “t-... read more
Habitat
Primary and secondary monsoon forest, open woodland, open scrub, occasionally lightly wooded... read more
Food and feeding
No details on diet. Forages mainly in canopy; seen singly or in twos (possibly pairs); noisy, aggressive and conspicuous.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
No information.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restrictedrange species: present in Timor and Wetar EBA. Very poorly known. Considered widespread and common within small global range. No estimates... read more
Proposed race robustus (Mt Ramelan, in E Timor) only minimally differentiated. Monotypic.