Philemon eichhorni

General description: 

New Ireland Friarbird

Other common names: Eichhorn’s/Helmeted(!) Friarbird
Taxonomy: Philemon eichhorni Rothschild and E. J. O. Hartert,

Phylogeny: 

Philemon eichhorni Rothschild and E. J. O. Hartert, 1924, hills of south-west New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago. Forms a superspecies with P. fuscicapillus, P. subcorniculatus, P. moluccensis, P. plumigenis, P. buceroides, P. cockerelli and P. albitorques. Formerly suggested that all may belong to a single species. Monotypic.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith