- Amblyornis inornata
Identification
25cm. Olive brown.
Distribution
Endemic to New Guinea
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species. To have grammatical consistency, the scientific name has been changed from Amblyornis inornatus to Amblyornis inornata
Habitat
Forests.
Behaviour
The male spends 9 months making a most elaborate cone-shaped hut-like bower 100cm high, 160cm in diameter, with an entrance propped up by two column-like sticks. It is woven around a sapling. A front area of some two square meters area is cleaned of debris and laid out with moss. On this, and in the entrance of the bower, materials like colorful flowers and/or fruit, dead leaves, and other conspicuous finds are collected and arranged. Females, which usually mate with only one male in a season, rear their young on their own, building simple bowl-shaped nests six inches in diameter and six to ten feet up in a tree.
