General description:
New Britain Friarbird
Other common names: Bismarck/New Britain Fria(r)bird, New Britain Leatherhead
Taxonomy: Philemon cockerelli P. L. Sclater, 1877, New Britain.
Phylogeny:
Forms a superspecies with P. fuscicapillus, P. subcorniculatus, P. moluccensis, P. plumigenis, P. buceroides, P. eichhorni and P. albitorques. Formerly suggested that all may belong to a single species. Treated as a race of P. buceroides by some authors. Two subspecies recognized.
Distribution:
Subspecies and Distribution:
- umboi E. J. O. Hartert, 1926 - Umboi, in Bismarck Archipelago.
- cockerelli P. L. Sclater, 1877 - New Britain and Duke of York Is, in Bismarck Archipelago.
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