bowerbird

It is not yet known whether this description would also hold good for other species of bowerbird.

At the same time, the bowerbird has become an important case study in theories of how females choose males.

The following habitats are found across the Vogelkop bowerbird distribution range.

In addition, many species of bowerbird are superb vocal mimics.

This species is the first bowerbird described by naturalists.

Nearby is a bowerbird nest, and looking inside Scrooge finds his number one dime.

He writes the first description of the Regent Bowerbird in this work.

They have observed thousands of bowerbird courtships and copulations.

But careful studies made recently by American researchers indicate artistic talent alone is hardly enough to seduce the female bowerbird.

MacGregor's bowerbird builds a complex bower of the 'maypole' type.

Because of its unadorned and plain plumage, this bowerbird is relatively safe from persecution.

Like all bowerbirds, the Satin Bowerbird shows highly complex courtship behaviour.

He discovered this bowerbird in 1896.

The red and black of the fruiting body attracts birds, such as the Satin Bowerbird.

There are six bird species in the bowerbird genus, of which five build a some kind of courting area.

A cuckoo that builds clocks to impress potential mates (compare bowerbird).

A seduction parlour par excellence for the Vogelkop bowerbird.

The Satin Bowerbird builds a special area, called a bower, to attract a female.

The least elaborate structures are the wall-less mat bowers of the tooth-billed bowerbird.

Macgregor's Bowerbird, for example, has been observed imitating pigs, waterfalls, and human chatter.

In the case of Pteridophora plumes, scavenging from old bowerbird bowers is encouraged.

They belong to the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae) of the basal songbirds:

The fruit is eaten by many rainforest birds, including the regent bowerbird and the green catbird.

An example of wooing-style courtship display is the nest a male bowerbird builds to attract females.

This little known bowerbird was discovered by Austin Loomer Rand in 1939.