Bowerbirds and catbirds make up the family Ptilonorhynchidae. All are small to medium in size.
Bowerbird
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name for any of several species of birds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae, native to Australia and New Guinea, which build, for courtship display, a bower of sticks or grasses.
Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
Described by: Lewin (1808)
Alternate common name(s): Australian Regent Bowerbird, Golden Bowerbird, Australian Regentbird
Old scientific name(s): Xanthomelus chrysocephalus ...
Vogelkop bowerbirds use aesthetics to attract a mate.
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Bowerbird, Great Chlamydera nuchalis Found: Australia
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Nickolay Stanev in Kakadu National Park
Family Rhipiduridae
This family only has one genus.
Regent Bowerbird
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At the top of the road at Lamington National Park there is the park campground and O'Reilly's Lodge. There is really no place to drive once you are here and I left my car parked for the next five days.
Bowerbirds surround their nest structures with flowers.
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Male Bowerbirds build structures which though often involving great effort are not actually nests. These bowers, built by 14 of the 18 known species of Bowerbird are stages or advertisements.
The satin bowerbird collects sticks, twigs and grasses to construct a tiny 'tunnel of love'.
Volgelkop Bowerbird
Amblyornis inornatus
[w. New Guinea]
A Volgelkop Bowerbird isn't much to look but its creation is: the male builds the most fantastic bower of any bowerbird.
Male Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus, Ptilonorhynchidae)
Passeri (mainly "Corvida") incertae sedis
The tiny Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) belongs to a minor but highly distinct lineage of Passeri.
Fire-maned bowerbird (Sericulus bakeri)
The eye-catching fire-maned bowerbird belongs to a family of birds known for the elaborate bowers, or thatched structures, built by the... More 5 Images 0 videos ...
Catbirds proper in the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae):
The catbirds are a group of passerine birds in the family Mimidae which also includes mockingbirds and thrashers. These birds produce a wide variety of sounds including cat-like barks.
swallow tanager, bananaquit, New World warblers, Hawaiian honeycreepers, vireos, New World blackbirds, finches, Estrildid finches, weavers, starlings, Old World orioles, drongos, wattlebirds, magpie-larks, wood swallows, butcher birds, bowerbirds, ...
 See also: Parrot, Magpie, Robin, Heron, Kingfisher
  
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