Meyer's friarbird (''Philemon meyeri'') is a species of
bird in the family
Meliphagidae.
It is found throughout
New Guinea.
Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests.
The common name commemorates
Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), a German anthropologist and ornithologist who collected in the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
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References
Meyer's friarbird
Birds of New Guinea
Meyer's friarbird
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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