Sericulus
Appearance
Sericulus | |
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Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ptilonorhynchidae |
Genus: | Sericulus Swainson, 1825 |
Type species | |
Meliphaga chrysocephalus[1] Lewin, 1808
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The genus Sericulus of the family Ptilonorhynchidae consists of four spectacularly colored bowerbirds.[2]
All species build an "avenue-type" bower and are found in New Guinea and Australia.
Species
[edit]Accepted species:[3]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Masked bowerbird | Sericulus aureus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
New Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Flame bowerbird | Sericulus ardens (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) |
New Guinea |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Fire-maned bowerbird
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Sericulus bakeri (Chapin, 1929) |
Papua New Guinea. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Regent bowerbird | Sericulus chrysocephalus (Lewin, 1808) |
eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
[edit]- ^ "Ptilorhynchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ International Ornithologists' Union. IOC World Bird List 12.1 (Multilingual Version) (Report). doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1.
- ^ Clements, J. F.; Schulenberg, T. S.; Iliff, M. J.; Billerman, S. M.; Fredericks, T. A.; Gerbracht, J. A.; Lepage, D.; Sullivan, B. L.; Wood, C. L. (2021). The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021.