Passeriformes / Meliphagidae / Philemon

Helmeted Friarbird

Philemon buceroides

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Philemon yorki → Philemon buceroides

Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

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Philemon buceroides ammitophilus

central northern Australia (Arnhem Land sandstone, northern Northern Territory)
Philemon buceroides aruensis

Aru Islands (southwest of New Guinea)
Philemon buceroides buceroides

eastern Lesser Sundas (Sawu, Rote, Timor, Semau, and Wetar)
Philemon buceroides gordoni

north-central Australia (coastal northern Northern Territory, Tiwi islands)
Philemon buceroides jobiensis

Yapen Island and northern New Guinea
Philemon buceroides neglectus

western Lesser Sundas (Lombok to Flores)
Philemon buceroides novaeguineae

western Papuan islands, Vogelkop Peninsula (northwestern New Guinea) and southern and southeastern New Guinea
Philemon buceroides subtuberosus

Trobriand Islands and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)
Philemon buceroides tagulanus

Tagula Island (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea)
Philemon buceroides yorki

northeastern Australia (Torres Strait islands, Cape York Peninsula southward to St. Lawrence, northern Queensland)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.