Brass's friarbird (''Philemon brassi'') is a species of
bird in the family
Meliphagidae.
It is
endemic to
West Papua,
Indonesia.
Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests and
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Australian botanist,
Leonard J. Brass (1900-1971), who worked for the
Queensland Herbarium .
References
Brass's friarbird
Birds of Western New Guinea
Brass's friarbird
Taxa named by Austin L. Rand
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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