Sericulus

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Sericulus
Regentbowerbirdmale.jpg
Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus: Sericulus
Swainson, 1825
Type species
Meliphaga chrysocephalus [1]
Lewin, 1808

The genus Sericulus of the family Ptilonorhynchidae consists of four spectacularly colored bowerbirds. [2]

All species build an "avenue-type" bower and are found in New Guinea and Australia.

Species

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Masked Bowerbird.jpg Sericulus aureus Masked bowerbird New Guinea
Jardinier ardent.png Sericulus ardens Flame bowerbird New Guinea
Sericulus bakeri Fire-maned bowerbird Papua New Guinea.
Sericulus chrysocephalus -Lamington NP, Queensland, Australia -male-8-4c.jpg Sericulus chrysocephalus Regent bowerbird eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales.

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References

  1. "Ptilorhynchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. International Ornithologists' Union. IOC World Bird List 12.1 (Multilingual Version) (Report). doi: 10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1 .
  3. Clements, J. F.; Schulenberg, T. S.; Iliff, M. J.; Billerman, S. M.; Fredericks, T. A.; Gerbracht, J. A.; Lepage, D.; Sullivan, B. L.; Wood, C. L. (2021). The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021.