Black-faced friarbird

Black-faced friarbird
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Philemon
Species:	P. moluccensis
Binomial name
	Philemon moluccensis; (Gmelin, 1788)

The black-faced friarbird or Buru friarbird (Philemon moluccensis) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the island of Buru in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

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

References

BirdLife International 2017. Philemon moluccensis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103686144A112507662. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103686144A112507662.en. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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[1] BirdLife International 2017. Philemon moluccensis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103686144A112507662. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103686144A112507662.en. Retrieved 19 August 2019.