Museum record

Little Friarbird foraging on a grassy campground

Record ID record-0d3b50db-8839-48f4-a210-5b5ffbae38d7

AvailabilityPublished and listedUnreviewed editorial status

Images and files

Close side view of a grey-brown bird with a bare blue-grey face and a long dark down-curved bill, standing on grass.

Little Friarbird close-up: bare blue-grey face and no knob on the bill.

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A grey-brown friarbird walking right across short green grass beside bare ground.

Side profile, walking right across short grass.

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A grey-brown friarbird with a long curved bill foraging on short grass.

Foraging on the campground grass.

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A friarbird on short grass, with a smaller grey Noisy Miner at the bottom right of the frame.

Little Friarbird with a Noisy Miner feeding nearby (bottom right).

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Record details

Basis of record
Human observation
Verbatim identification
Little Friarbird
Taxon rank
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Meliphagidae
Genus
Philemon
Specific epithet
citreogularis
Scientific name
Philemon citreogularis
Scientific name authorship
(Gould, 1837)
Name according to
Australian Faunal Directory
Nomenclatural code
ICZN (zoological)
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Name match type
Exact match
Checklist
Australian Faunal Directory, via the ALA name-matching service
Checklist version
checked 2026-11-14
Scientific name ID
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0d54571e-f67a-4814-bf1b-7e9aa02df03e
Identification remarks
Photographed: bare blue-grey facial skin, no knob on the bill (unlike Noisy Friarbird), no feathered silvery crown or casque (unlike Helmeted Friarbird), dull grey-brown back, pale underparts, long dark down-curved bill.
Identification confidence
Certain
Wild, cultivated or captive
Wild
Establishment means
Native
Individual count
1
Life stage
Adult
Associated organisms
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) feeding nearby
Event date
2026-10-26
Sampling protocol
Seen and photographed with a phone (Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra), naked eye, 15:45 AEST.
Occurrence remarks
One Little Friarbird walking and foraging on short grass beside a bare patch of ground in the afternoon. A Noisy Miner was feeding nearby.
Uncertainty remarks
none known
Occurrence status
Present
Behaviour
Walking and foraging on the ground.
Source
Rob's phone photos 20261026_154541-154548
Place
Not shown on public record pages

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Rob Evans (2026). Little Friarbird foraging on a grassy campground. Clio Online Museum. https://cliomuseum.org/records/record-0d3b50db-8839-48f4-a210-5b5ffbae38d7

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Evidence profile and standards

  • Darwin Core 2026-05-26

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