Amblyornis

Amblyornis
Streaked bowerbird, Amblyornis subalaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Amblyornis Elliot, 1872
Type species
Ptilorhynchus inornatus Schlegel, 1871

Amblyornis is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. The species are endemic to the mountains of New Guinea.

Taxonomy

The genus Amblyornis was introduced in 1872 by the American zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot to accommodate a single species, Ptilorhynchus inornatus Schlegel, 1871, the Vogelkop bowerbird, which is the type species by monotypy. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek αμβλυοεις/ambluoeis meaning "dull" with ορνις/ornis meaning "bird". ^[3]

Species

The genus contains five species: ^[4]

Image	Name	Common name	Distribution
	Amblyornis flavifrons	Golden-fronted bowerbird	Foja Mountains in the Papua province of Indonesia.
	Amblyornis macgregoriae	MacGregor's bowerbird	New Guinea
	Amblyornis germanus	Huon bowerbird	Huon peninsula
	Amblyornis subalaris	Streaked bowerbird	southeastern New Guinea
	Amblyornis inornata	Vogelkop bowerbird	Vogelkop Peninsula at Western New Guinea, Indonesia.

References

1. Elliot, Daniel Giraud (1872). "Descriptions of two new genera of Paradiseidae, with remarks on some of the species". Ibis. Series 3. 2: 111-114 [113].
2. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 176.
3. Jobling, James A. "Amblyornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 May 2025.