FAWN-BREASTED BOWERBIRD

Photographed in Lockhart River township, Queensland October 2015

689        FAWN-BREASTED BOWERBIRD         Chlamydera cerviniventris

Australia     (531)

26-30 cm. Found in dense coastal vegetation: cypress pine scrubs, mangrove fringes; eucalypts, paperbarks, with tall grass, scattered bushes; thickets on watercourses. Range: from Cape York (Q) s. to c. Silver Plains, e. of Coen. Locally fairly common. Sedentary.

GOLDEN BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland September 2015

672           GOLDEN BOWERBIRD            Prionodura newtoniana

Australia         (514)

The smallest of the Bowerbirds, 23-25 cm. Found in highland rainforests. Range: highlands of ne Q; from Mount Cook, near Endeavour River, s. to Mt Elliot NP, near Townsville, above 900 m; lower in winter. Locally common. Sedentary.

Maypole bower used by the male to attract a mate.

TOOTH-BILLED BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland, September 2015

666          TOOTH-BILLED BOWERBILL            Scenopoeetes dentirostris

Australia            (508)

Also known as Stagemaker or Toothbilled Catbird. 26-27 cm. Found in highland rainforests and vine scrubs; occasionally venturing to nearby thickets and plantations. Range: highlands of ne. Q, between 500 and 1400 m, occasionally lower; from Mt Amos, near Cooktown, s. to Mt Elliot near Townsville (Q). Common, sedentary.

GREAT BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015

589          GREAT BOWERBIRD               Chlamydera nuchalis

Australia          (432)

34-38 cm. Found in drier woodlands, shrubs/thickets; near water, outer urban areas, parks, gardens. Range from c. Broome (WA) through Kimberley, Top End (NT) s. to about Elliott; Gulf Coast s. to Nicholson, O'Shannassy, upper Flinders Rs; occasional s. to Mt Isa (Q); C. York Pen., coastal to near Mackay.

WESTERN BOWERBIRD

Photographed on Nallan Station, Cue, Western Australia April 2015, also seen on Coodardy Station.

573          WESTERN BOWERBIRD               Chlamydera guttata

Australia             (416)

Ranges interior and WA from Everard-Musgrave Ras. (nw SA), through ranges of s. NT, e. to Jervois Ra.,n. to MacDonald Downs-Mt Allen, w. to Rwlinson /Warburton Ras. (WA), Pilbara to coast c. eighty Mile Beach, s. to GascoyneR.-Cue-Kathleen Valley-Leonora. Found in rocky hills, frequently visits rock figs.

Bower on Coodardy Station, Cue.

REGENT BOWERBIRD

Female Regent Bowerbird, photographed southern Queensland

72        REGENT BOWERBIRD        Sericulus chrysocephalus

Australia      (72)

Found in rain forests, coastal scrub, raspberry thickets, orchards, gardens. Range coastal side of Great Divide from Mackay to fringes of Sydney. 25-30 cm.

SATIN BOWERBIRD

70           SATIN BOWERBIRD       Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

Australia       (70)

28-32 cm. Found in rainforests, eucalypt forests and woodlands, orchards. Range down east coast from just above Brisbane to Melbourne and pocket around Townsville area. (Though have photographed in Bunya Mountains, southern Queensland)

SPOTTED BOWERBIRD

29         SPOTTED BOWERBIRD        Chlamydera maculata

Australia    (29)

25-30 cms. Found over large part of southern/central Queensland, central NSW. Frequents inland scrub and woodlands, gardens and vineyards.