Definition of friarbird in English:
friarbird
nounˈfrʌɪəˌbəːdˈfrīərˌbərd
A large Australasian honeyeater with a dark, partly naked head and a long curved bill.
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.