Genus: Sericulus
Description
Four species of Bowerbirds from New Guinea and Australia.
Males have a black-and-yellow plumage, females look very different, usually drab olive-brown.
All four species build avenue bowers to attract females.
Taxonomy
Sericulus is a genus in the family Ptilonorhynchidae.
All four species are closely related to each other and possibly form a superspecies.
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|---|---|---|---|
| S. aureus | Masked Bowerbird | ||
| S. ardens | Flame Bowerbird | ||
| S. bakeri | Fire-maned Bowerbird | ||
| S. chrysocephalus | Regent Bowerbird | ||
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sericulus. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sericulus
Pages in category ‘Sericulus’
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
