Silver-crowned Friarbird
UncommonGBIF 34.9·Dongniao Rarity Index9.32
英文名：Silver-crowned Friarbird，（学名：Philemon argenticeps），是雀形目吸蜜鸟科吮蜜鸟属的鸟类。主要分布在澳大利亚北部，包括昆士兰州。这大型灰色的吸蜜鸟，具有浅灰色的帽状头部，裸露的黑色面部皮肤，以及长而尖的黑色喙上的小而突出的‘角’。上部呈灰棕色，下部呈淡白色，头部背面的羽毛比背部更浅。
Silver-crowned Friarbird
27-32 cm. Small friarbird: distinguished from Helmeted by (1) more prominent bill knob; (2) black facial skin forms angular point behind eye; (3) underparts whitish. Immature: no knob; eye brown; throat washed yellow. Pairs, parties, flocks: acrobatic, noisy when feeding.
- Similar Species
- Helmeted, Noisy Friarbirds.
- Voice
- nasal, cat-like calls, e.g. 'more tobacco, uh'; repeated.
- Habitat
- tropical open forests, woodlands, watercourses, mangroves, gardens, towns.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Dec.
- Nest
- suspended cup of bark-fibre, grass, spiders' web; from fork in foliage, 3-13 m high.
- Eggs
- 1-2; pale salmon-pink to pinkish buff; spotted, freckled red-brown, purplish brown/grey.
- Range & Status
- coastal n. Aust.: from Derby (WA), e. through Kimberley and Top End (NT), e. and s. to Larrimah-Mallapunyah, Groote Eylandt; in Q, s. to Cloncurry-Flinders R. on Gulf coast, and from C. York-Weipa s. on e. coast to c. Townsville-Magnetic I.; casual further s. Common. Blossom-nomad, with regular local movements.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Philemon argenticeps argenticeps 2. Philemon argenticeps kempi
