Tanimbar friarbird explained

The Tanimbar friarbird (Philemon plumigenis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.It is endemic to the Kai and Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It was first described by the English ornithologist George Robert Gray in 1858 under the binomial name Tropidorhynchus plumigenis.^[1] The specific epithet is from the Latin pluma meaning plume and genis meaning cheeks.^[2]

The Tanimbar friarbird was split from the Buru friarbird that occurs on the island of Buru following the publication in 2007 of a study by Frank Rheindt and Robert Hutchinson.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Gray . George Robert . George Robert Gray . 1858 . A list of the birds, with descriptions of new species obtained by Mr. Alfred R. Wallace in the Aru and Ké Islands . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . Part 26 . 174 .
2. Book: Jobling, James A . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 310.
3. Rheindt . F.E. . Hutchinson . R. . 2007 . A photoshot odyssey through the confused avian taxonomy of Seram and Buru (Southern Moluccas) . Birding Asia . 7 . 18–38 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Donsker . David . Honeyeaters . World Bird List Version 6.1 . International Ornithologists' Union. 31 January 2016 .