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| − | + | [[Image:Satin_Bowerbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of male by {{user|Pearly_Shells|Pearly_Shells}}<br />Photo taken: [[Lamington NP]], SE [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]]] | |
| − | [[Image:Satin_Bowerbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo of male by Pearly_Shells<br />Photo taken: Lamington NP, SE | ||
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;[[: Category:Ptilonorhynchus|Ptilonorhynchus]] violaceus | ;[[: Category:Ptilonorhynchus|Ptilonorhynchus]] violaceus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 27-33cm. '''Male:''' Black with a glossy purple-blue sheen; dull blue bill with a yellow tip; the eye is a bright sapphire-blue to lilac in colour. '''Female:''' greenish back and rump, with green speckled breast; brown tail and primaries. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | There are 2 populations, one isolated in the wet tropics of north [[Queensland]] and the second from south [[Queensland]] to [[Victoria]]. | |
| + | [[Image:49168Satin-Bowerbird-female_by_Hans_and_Judy_Beste.jpg|thumb|450px|left|Photo of female by [http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 '''Hans&Judy Beste''']<br />Photo taken: [[Lamington NP]], SE [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Two subspecies are recognized in this species: ''minor'' and ''violaceus''. | Two subspecies are recognized in this species: ''minor'' and ''violaceus''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Rainforest and nearby wet eucalypt forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | A bower | + | *A bower containing all sorts of blue things is built by the male; the female will visit, and if she is sufficiently impressed, will mate with the male. |
| + | *Eats fruit, insects and leaves, feeding both in rainforest canopy fruiting trees, as well as on the ground. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Ptilonorhynchus+violaceus}} | {{GSearch|Ptilonorhynchus+violaceus}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ptilonorhynchus]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ptilonorhynchus]] | ||
Revision as of 02:23, 18 August 2009
- Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Identification
27-33cm. Male: Black with a glossy purple-blue sheen; dull blue bill with a yellow tip; the eye is a bright sapphire-blue to lilac in colour. Female: greenish back and rump, with green speckled breast; brown tail and primaries.
Distribution
There are 2 populations, one isolated in the wet tropics of north Queensland and the second from south Queensland to Victoria.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized in this species: minor and violaceus.
Habitat
Rainforest and nearby wet eucalypt forests.
Behaviour
- A bower containing all sorts of blue things is built by the male; the female will visit, and if she is sufficiently impressed, will mate with the male.
- Eats fruit, insects and leaves, feeding both in rainforest canopy fruiting trees, as well as on the ground.
