noun

• A large Australasian honeyeater with a dark, partly naked head and a long curved bill.

  Genus Philemon, family Meliphagidae: many species

  ‘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.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘By now I've learned their loud call, which at first I thought must belong to a friarbird.’
  • ‘Common hosts are friarbirds, the magpie-lark, and figbirds.’
  • ‘However, he said noisy friarbirds, also known as leatherheads, had caused havoc this year.’
  • ‘There was a macramé hanging basket on the back veranda and the friarbirds were picking at the wool to line their nest.’
  • ‘Its golden-green upperparts and pure white underbody distinguish it from similarly sized species with similar behaviour, such as friarbirds, wattlebirds and miners.’
  • ‘The bare-faced friarbirds are among these forest species.’
  • ‘They will readily refurbish the nests of mudlarks and friarbirds.’
  • ‘The friarbirds, commonly called ‘leatherhead’ locally, are honeyeaters with dark naked skin on their heads.’
  • ‘The nearby forests are home to a wide variety of species including three species of friarbirds.’