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Brass's friarbird
Brass's
friarbird
is a
species
of
bird
in the
family
Meliphagidae
.
It is
endemic
to
West Papua, Indonesia
.
Its
natural
habitats
are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests
and
swamps
.
It is
threatened
by
habitat loss
.
The common name and
Latin binomial
commemorate the
Australian
botanist,
Leonard
J.
Brass
, who worked for the
Queensland Herbarium
.