Noisy friar-bird
Philemon corniculatus (Latham, 1790)
Meliphagidae
(Alecto Facsimile Edition - Plate 25)

BAU27

27. Noisy Friarbird. Philemon corniculatus (Latham, 1790) [W,P&M]
508 x 337 mm
This bird was already well-known to the early settlers by the time Bauer arrived in Australia and
named by the famous English ornithologist, John Latham, in 1790 from specimens sent back to
England. The specimen painted by Bauer was shot on the northern Barrier Reef, Queensland, in
October 1802. Today the Noisy Friarbird is still found in eastern Australia. It is a noisy,
pugnacious bird which feeds on fruits, berries and nectar.
W&M : 321-2, 340; W,P&M : 106-7; Cayley : 96; Norst : 50