New Britain friarbird

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| name = New Britain friarbird

| image = PhilemonCockerelliSmit.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Philemon cockerelli |volume=2018 |page=e.T22704218A130351718 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22704218A130351718.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| taxon = Philemon cockerelli

| authority = Sclater, PL, 1877

| synonyms =

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The New Britain friarbird (Philemon cockerelli) is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae.

It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.