All Ptilonorhynchids are small to medium sized birds mostly from subtropical and tropical parts of Australia. Males build a bower to attract mates. At mating time, the female will go from bower to bower, watching as the male owner conducts an often elaborate mating ritual, and inspecting the quality of the bower.
Sericulus chrysocephalus (PTILONORHYNCHIDAE) Regent Bowerbird
Small, slim bowerbird with a long slender bill. Male glossy black with yellow head, wings and back of the neck. Females mottled white and brown with…
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (PTILONORHYNCHIDAE) Satin Bowerbird
Medium-sized bird, females are olive green on top with white underbellies, males have striking blue-black plumage, pale blue-white bill and a…
Ailuroedus crassirostris crassirostris (PTILONORHYNCHIDAE) Green Catbird
A species of bowerbird found on mountains of New Guinea and along the east coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland to southern New South…
