The yellow-breasted bowerbird (''Chlamydera lauterbachi'') also known as Lauterbach's bowerbird, is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm long,

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 ...

with a brownish-olive upperparts plumage, grayish-yellow upper breast, coppery crown, dark brown iris, yellow underparts, a black bill and pinkish-orange mouth. Both sexes are similar. The female exhibits less vibrant coloration than the male.

Habitat

The yellow-breasted bowerbird is distributed on mainland

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

, where it inhabits grasslands, lowlands, and subtropical mountain forests. Its diet mainly consists of fruits, caterpillars, beetles, and other insects. The nest is a shallow cup made of small sticks located in a tree. The bower itself is of the "avenue" type, with four walls made of sticks and an outward-angled main avenue wall. The scientific name commemorates its discoverer, the German botanist Carl Lauterbach. He discovered this bowerbird in 1896. Widespread and a common species throughout its habitat range, the yellow-breasted bowerbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the

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of Threatened Species.

References

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet
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