New Caledonian friarbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Philemon |
Species: | P. diemenensis |
Binomial name | |
Philemon diemenensis (Lesson, 1831) | |
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