New Britain friarbird

New Britain friarbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Philemon
Species: P. cockerelli
Binomial name
Philemon cockerelli
Sclater, 1877

The New Britain friarbird (Philemon cockerelli) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

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

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