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Bowerbird
Bowerbirds () make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate. The family has 27 species in eight genera. These are medium to large-sized passerines, ranging from the golden bowerbird at and to the great bowerbird at and . Their diet consists mainly of fruit but may also include insects (especially for nestlings), flowers, nectar and leaves in some species. The satin and spotted bowerbirds are sometimes considered agricultural pests due to their habit of feeding on introduced fruit and vegetable crops and have occasionally been killed by affected orchardists. The bowerbirds have an Australo-Papuan distribution, with ten species endemic to New Guinea, eight endemic to Australia, and two found in both. Although their distribution is centered on the tropical regions of New Guinea and northern Australia, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satin Bowerbird
The satin bowerbird (''Ptilonorhynchus violaceus'') is a species of passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Ptilonorhynchus''. Taxonomy The satin bowerbird was species description, formally described in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot, Louis Vieillot. He placed it with the choughs in the genus ''Pyrrhocorax'' and coined the binomial name ''Pyrrhocorax violaceus''. Viellot specified the type locality (biology), type locality as "Nouvelle-Hollande" which is taken to be Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The satin bowerbird is now the only species placed in the genus ''Ptilonorhynchus'' that was introduced in 1820 by German naturalist Heinrich Kuhl. He specified the type species as ''Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus'', which is a junior synonym of Vieillot's ''Pyrrhocorax violaceus''. The genus name ''Ptilonorhynchus'' combines the Ancient Greek πτιλον/''pt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotted Bowerbird
The spotted bowerbird (''Chlamydera maculata'') is a sedentary, mid-sized passerine found across broad parts of the drier habitats of eastern Australia. The species is known for its remarkable behaviours, like many other bowerbirds (Ptilonorynchidae), which include bower building and decorating, courtship displays and vocal mimicry. Spotted bowerbirds are locally common, however, overall the population is thought to be in decline. Description At 29 cm in length, spotted bowerbirds are intermediate in size among the bowerbirds, but are rather slim and compact. Spotted bowerbirds are Sex#Sexual monomorphism, sexually monomorphic, with a pale rufous head that is streaked with grey-brown and a nape adorned with a lilac-pink crest. The upperparts are blackish-brown and marked extensively with amber spots, while the paler underparts are cream with greyish scalloping and barring and a slightly yellow shade to the lower belly and undertail. The bill is black, the eyes dark brown an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Bowerbird
The golden bowerbird (''Prionodura newtoniana'') is a species of passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. It is endemic to Queensland in Australia, where it is limited to the Atherton region. Taxonomy The golden bowerbird was formally described in 1883 by the English zoologist Charles Walter De Vis based on a specimen collected by Kendall Broadbent near the Tully River in North Queensland, Australia. De Vis introduced a new genus ''Prionodura'' for the species and coined the binomial name ''Prionodura newtoniana''. The genus name combined the Ancient Greek πριονωδης/''prionōdēs'' meaning "serrated" with ουρα/''oura'' meaning "tail". The specific epithet ''newtoniana'' was chosen to honour the English ornithologist Alfred Newton. The golden bowerbird is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. Description The male golden bowerbird has a brown head and brown wings which are bright yellow-gold underneath, as are the tail, crest and nape. The fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archboldia
Archbold's bowerbird (''Archboldia papuensis'') is a passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that is endemic to highland forests of New Guinea. It is medium-sized, dark grey songbird with brown iris, grey feet and black bill. The male has narrow black scalloping with golden yellow crown feathers. The female is smaller than the male, with yellow patch on the wing and has no crown feathering. Taxonomy Archbold's bowerbird was formally described in 1940 by the Canadian zoologist Austin L. Rand from a male specimen collected at an altitude of north of Lake Habbema in the Snow Mountains of Western New Guinea. Rand erected a new genus, ''Archboldia'', and coined the binomial name ''Archboldia papuensis''. The genus and common names honour the American zoologist Richard Archbold. A molecular phylogenetic study by Per Ericson and collaborators published in 2020 found that Archbold's bowerbird was embedded in the genus '' Amblyornis''. Two subspecies are recognise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Bowerbird
The great bowerbird (''Chlamydera nuchalis'') is a common and conspicuous resident of northern Australia, from the area around Broome across the Top End to Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Mount Isa and Townsville. Favoured habitat is a broad range of forest and woodland, and the margins of vine forests, monsoon forest, and mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ... swamps. As with most members of the bowerbird family, breeding considerations dominate the lifecycle: females nest inconspicuously and raise their young alone, while the males spend most of the year building, maintaining, improving, defending, and above all displaying from their bowers. Only a male with a successful bower can attract mates. The great bowerbird is the largest of the bowerbird f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblyornis
''Amblyornis'' is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. The species are endemic to the mountains of New Guinea. Birds in this genus build "maypole-type" bowers in which vegetation is arranged around a central vertical sapling or tree-fern. Taxonomy The genus ''Amblyornis'' was introduced in 1872 by the American zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot to accommodate a single species, ''Ptilorhynchus inornatus'' Schlegel, 1871, the Vogelkop bowerbird, which is the type species by monotypy. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ... αμβλυοεις/''ambluoeis'' meaning "dull" with ορνις/''ornis'' meaning "bird". Species The genus contains five species: References Bird genera � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlamydera
''Chlamydera'' is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea. The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass. Taxonomy The genus ''Chlamydera'' was introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate ''Calodera maculata'' Gould, the spotted bowerbird, which is therefore the type species by monotypy. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χλαμυς/''khlamus'' meaning "short cloak" with δερα/''dera'' meaning "neck". Species The genus contains five species: * Fawn-breasted bowerbird (''Chlamydera cerviniventris'') * Western bowerbird (''Chlamydera guttata'') * Great bowerbird (''Chlamydera nuchalis'') * Yellow-breasted bowerbird (''Chlamydera lauterbachi'') * Spotted bowerbird The spotted bowerbird (''Chlamydera maculata'') is a sedentary, mid-sized passerine found across broad parts of the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sericulus
''Sericulus'' is a genus of brightly colored passerine birds belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are found in New Guinea and eastern Australia. Birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass. Taxonomy The genus ''Sericulus'' was introduced in 1825 by the English zoologist William Swainson for the species ''Meliphaga chrysocephalus'', the regent bowerbird, that had been formally described by John Lewin in 1808. ''Meliphaga chrysocephalus'' therefore becomes the type species by monotypy. The genus name is a diminutive of the Ancient Greek σηρικον/''sērikon'' meaning "silk". Species The genus contains four species. References Sericulus, Bird genera Taxa named by William Swainson {{passeri-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailuroedus
''Ailuroedus'' is a genus of birds in the bowerbird family, Ptilonorhynchidae, native to forests in Australia and New Guinea. The common name, catbird, refers to these species' "wailing cat-like calls". The scientific name ''Ailuroedus'' is derived from the Greek language, Greek 'ailouros', meaning cat, and 'eidos', referring to form (or perhaps from oaidos, singer). Taxonomy The genus ''Ailuroedus'' was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate a single species, ''Ptilonorhynchus smithii'' Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Vigors and Thomas Horsfield, Horsfield. This is a junior synonym of ''Lanius crassirostris'' Gustaf von Paykull, Paykull, 1815, the green catbird. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek αιλουρος/''ailouros'' meaning "cat" with αοιδος/''aoidos'' or ωδος/''ōdos'' meaning "singer". Traditionally, the ''Ailuroedus'' catbirds were classified as three species. However, a 2015 Phylogenetics, phylogenetic and Morphology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passerine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of birds.Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2003Evolution, biogeography, and patterns of diversification in passerine birds ''J. Avian Biol'', 34:3–15.Selvatti, A.P. et al. (2015"A Paleogene origin for crown passerines and the diversification of the Oscines in the New World" ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 88:1–15. Passerines are divided into three suborders: New Zealand wrens; Suboscines, primarily found in North and South America; and songbirds. Passerines originated in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Kuhl
Heinrich Kuhl (17 September 1797 – 14 September 1821) was a German people, German naturalist and zoologist. Kuhl was born in Hanau (Hesse, Germany). Between 1817 and 1820, he was the assistant of professor Th. van Swinderen, docent of natural history at the University of Groningen in Groningen (the Netherlands). In 1817, he published a monograph on bats, and in 1819, he published a survey of the parrots, ''Conspectus psittacorum''. He also published the first monograph on the petrels, and a list of all the birds illustrated in Edme-Louis Daubenton, Daubenton's ''Planches Enluminées'' and with his friend Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797–1823) ''Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie'' ("Contributions to Zoology and Comparative Anatomy") that were published at Frankfurt-am-Main, 1820. In 1820, he became assistant to Coenraad Jacob Temminck at the Leiden Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. He then travelled to Java (island), Java, then part of the colonial Nethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
