Grey Friarbird (Philemon kisserensis) - BirdLife species factsheet

Grey Friarbird Philemon kisserensis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Philemon citreogularis and P. kisserensis (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. citreogularis following Christidis and Boles (2008) and Andrew (1992).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Data Deficient
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	unknown	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,600 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	5.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as perhaps common (Coates and Bishop 1997).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable
Savanna	Dry	suitable
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey Friarbird Philemon kisserensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-friarbird-philemon-kisserensis on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.