Why are the Bowerbirds so Unique?
The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird is distributed in New Guinea and northern Australia, where it inhabits the tropical forests, mangroves, savanna woodlands and forest edges.
The Great Bowerbird,is a common and conspicuous resident of northern Australia
The Western Bowerbird is a Bowerbird common in arid Central Australia and the Pilbara region of Western Australia
The Spotted Bowerbird is widely distributed across inland Queensland and New South Wales.
The Satin Bowerbird,is common in rainforest and tall wet sclerophyll forest in eastern Australia from southern Queensland to Victoria. There is also an isolated population in the Wet Tropics of north Queensland.
An Australian endemic, the Regent Bowerbird is distributed to rainforests and margins of eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales.
The Golden Bowerbird is a species of bowerbird found in the rainforests above 700m of Atherton, Queensland in Australia.
The Bowerbirds
The Bowerbirds: Ptilonorhynchidae (Bird Families of the World)
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The bowerbirds are confined to the great island of New Guinea and the island continent of Australia, and their immediately adjacent islands. They are medium-sized birds, omnivorous and largely solitary. They are unique in the avian world in that the males build elaborate 'bowers': structures of sticks, grasses or other plant stems on or close to the ground for display and courtship, often incorporating objects such as colourful fruits, flowers, feathers, bones, stones, shells, insect skeletons, and numerous other natural (and human-made) objects.
Regent Bowerbird, Male, Australia
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David Attenborough - Animal behaviour of the Australian bowerbird - BBC wildlife
David Attenborough observes the bower bird's intriguing behaviour. From the BBC.
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- Attenborough and Bowerbird bower
- A direct link to David Attenborough and the Bowerbird bower
Disc 2 begins with a 2000 segment of the Natural World series titled "Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction,"
This dvd is a tribute to David Attenborough and a treat for us.
Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages
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Disc 2 begins with a 2000 segment of the Natural World series titled "Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction," and it's one of the most entertaining programs of Attenborough's career. Attenborough studies the entire family of Bowerbirds, whose remarkably meticulous sculptures, structures, and decorations represent the only example in nature (outside of humankind) of creatures that attract mates through the creation of beautiful works of art.
Duelling Bowerbirds
a day in the life of a satin bowerbird and his mate(s); 10-second snippets taken using an automatic trail-camera
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Automatic Trail Camera
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Bushnell Trail Scout w/ Mossy Oak Shadow Branch Camo Trial Camera
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What is a Bower? Why does the Bowerbird build a bower? How is it different than the nest?
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Satin bowerbird with mealworm Photography Framed Art Poster Print by Jason Edwards, 29x21
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* Framed Art Print Title: Satin bowerbird with mealworm
* Artist: Jason Edwards
* Size: 29 x 22 inches
* Frame: Black Box Stem (3/4")
Regent Bowerbird, Male, Australia Photographic Poster Print by Kenneth Day, 24x32
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* Photographic Print Title: Regent Bowerbird, Male, Australia
* Artist: Kenneth Day
* Size: 24 x 32 inches
Regent Bowerbird
The Regent Bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus is a medium-sized, up to 25cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or...
Featuring: A male Golden-fronted Bowerbird, found only in the Foja Mountains
Rare video footage
Sneak Peek: Garden Of Eden (CBS News)
See Bob Simon in a pristine paradise where only a few humans have ever set foot, many new species are being discovered, and cameras catch exotic birds in a mating dance, on Sunday's 60 Minutes. (CBSNews.com)
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- The Wattled smoky honeyeater photo
- See a National Geographic Photograph. Scientists discovered the bird on a recent expedition to the Foja Mountains of Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea.
- Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise
- This is the first photograph ever taken of what scientists are calling New Guinea's "lost" bird of paradise.
- A trip to The Foja Mountains
- Here you will see:
Wattled Smoky Honey Eater
Black Sickle Bill Bird of Paradise
Golden-fronted bowerbird
Berlepsch's Six-Wired Bird of Paradise
Australia Birds
The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds: revised and updated
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Revised and updated edition of the classic Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds. Now a household name among birdwatchers it is the book to which both beginners turn to and experienced birdwatchers rely on.
Reader Feedback
susannaduffy wrote...
What a delightful little lens. Would you like to add this to the wander Downunder Group? (/groups/downunder). I hope so
Posted April 11, 2009
wahguide wrote...
Beautiful birds. I enjoyed the vidoes. The Fruit Dove below is pretty colorful as well.
Posted August 18, 2008
ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...
What a fascinating bird! The videos and pictures are great!
5* and favored
Lizzy
Posted August 06, 2008
mulberry wrote...
What an industrious little guy! The videos are great. Excellent lens!
Posted February 09, 2008
Wompoo Fruit Dove
Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilin... Mitch Reardon 30x40 Phot... Buy From Art.com
Wompoo Fruit-dove
The Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), also known as Magnificent Fruit-dove or Purple-breasted Fruit-dove, is the largest of fruit-doves native to New Guinea and Australia.
The Laughing Kookaburra
The Blank Park Zoo presents the Laughing Kookaburra at the Blank Park Zoo
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New Birds Table of Contents
Palm Cockatoo, Probosciger Aterrimus, Displaying, Australia & New Guinea Photographic Print
Kenney, Brian
18 in. x 24 in.
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- The Bowerbirds
- Regent Bowerbird, Male, Australia
- Extraordinary video
- If youtube has trouble loading try this link
- Disc 2 begins with a 2000 segment of the Natural World series titled "Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction,"
- Automatic Trail Camera
- What is a Bower? Why does the Bowerbird build a bower? How is it different than the nest?
- Regent Bowerbird
- Featuring: A male Golden-fronted Bowerbird, found only in the Foja Mountains
- Australia Birds
- Reader Feedback
- Wompoo Fruit Dove
- Wompoo Fruit-dove
- Includes the mating dance of the Golden Fronted Bower Bird
- New Amazon Spotlight
- Rare and Endangered Birds
- MP3 - Bowerbird
- Matchie's Tree Kangaroo Native to Papua New Guinea, Endangered Species
Includes the mating dance of the Golden Fronted Bower Bird
60 Minutes - Garden of Eden (December 16, 2007)
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A 60 Minutes camera is the first to catch the mating dances of two rare birds: the Black Sickle-bill Bird of Paradise and the Golden Fronted Bower Bird.
Rare and Endangered Birds
- Rare Birds of the World
- Critically Endangered is the Kakapo (seen to the left) in New Zealand.Featured here with pictures are:The KakapoWhite-winged GuanWaved AlbatrossSiberian CranePhilippine EagleEskimo Curlew
MP3 - Bowerbird
Matchie's Tree Kangaroo Native to Papua New Guinea, Endangered Species
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