A large Australasian honeyeater with a dark, partly naked head and a long curved bill.
吮蜜鸟，僧鸟
Genus Philemon, family Meliphagidae: many species
Example sentencesExamples
They will readily refurbish the nests of mudlarks and friarbirds.
Common hosts are friarbirds, the magpie-lark, and figbirds.
The friarbirds, commonly called ‘leatherhead’ locally, are honeyeaters with dark naked skin on their heads.
However, he said noisy friarbirds, also known as leatherheads, had caused havoc this year.
Its golden-green upperparts and pure white underbody distinguish it from similarly sized species with similar behaviour, such as friarbirds, wattlebirds and miners.
There was a macramé hanging basket on the back veranda and the friarbirds were picking at the wool to line their nest.
The bare-faced friarbirds are among these forest species.
The nearby forests are home to a wide variety of species including three species of friarbirds.
The gray bird perched on the same dead limb that the raptor and the friarbirds had visited, and it flicked its wings as it sat there.
By now I've learned their loud call, which at first I thought must belong to a friarbird.
Definition of friarbird in US English:
friarbird
nounˈfrīərˌbərd
A large Australasian honeyeater with a dark, partly naked head and a long curved bill.
吮蜜鸟，僧鸟
Genus Philemon, family Meliphagidae: many species
Example sentencesExamples
Common hosts are friarbirds, the magpie-lark, and figbirds.
They will readily refurbish the nests of mudlarks and friarbirds.
By now I've learned their loud call, which at first I thought must belong to a friarbird.
There was a macramé hanging basket on the back veranda and the friarbirds were picking at the wool to line their nest.
However, he said noisy friarbirds, also known as leatherheads, had caused havoc this year.
Its golden-green upperparts and pure white underbody distinguish it from similarly sized species with similar behaviour, such as friarbirds, wattlebirds and miners.
The nearby forests are home to a wide variety of species including three species of friarbirds.
The gray bird perched on the same dead limb that the raptor and the friarbirds had visited, and it flicked its wings as it sat there.
The bare-faced friarbirds are among these forest species.
The friarbirds, commonly called ‘leatherhead’ locally, are honeyeaters with dark naked skin on their heads.