BowerbirdsThe bowerbirds are famed for their unique bower-building behaviour which, in some species, can be a complex construction of sticks and other vegetable matter that can grow to two metres or so in diameter and about one and a half metres high. Many species are also accomplished mimics, and are able to copy the calls of other bird species, other natural and mechanical sounds and even human speech. These fascinating birds are confined to Australia and New Guinea and, due to the difficulty in accessing certain areas of their distribution, the study of their habits has been challenging. This book aims to condense the published knowledge acquired by ornithologists that have studied the bowerbirds since their discovery, and deliver it in a format suitable for natural history enthusiasts at any level. |
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adult female adult male Ailuroedus Archbold’s Bowerbird areas Australia avenue bower bird species birds of paradise Borgia bower avenue Bowerbird Amblyornis Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus breeding season buff buff-white Burung centimetres coloured constructed copulation courtship display crown Current identified range dark brown darker decorated Description Measurements Length Discovery and nomenclature ear coverts eggs Fawn-breasted Bowerbird flight feathers forest fruits genus glossy Golden Bowerbird Golden-fronted Bowerbird Green Catbird grey grey-brown Guinea habitat immature males insects iris is dark IUCN Red List male Satin Bowerbird male’s mating maypole bower metres mimicry nape nest nestlings olive-brown orange-yellow pale paler perch Philip Green Photo platform plumage polygynous Queensland rainforest Regent Bowerbird Satin Bowerbird Scenopoeetes sea level sexes similar species’s Spotted Bowerbird Spotted Catbird Status and conservation sticks subadult males subspecies Subspecies and variations tail throat tips Tooth-billed Bowerbird tree underparts undertail upperparts Vocalisations Vogelkop Bowerbird washed Western Bowerbird White-eared Catbird yellow young birds