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SATIN BOWER BIRD FACTS |
Description
The male Satin Bower Bird is jet black with bluish sheen. Female is olive green. Immature males like females, and attain adult plumage after about 5 years. The male builds bower of two parallel rows of twigs and decorated with blue objects such as Rosella feathers, flowers and blue pieces of plastic.
Size
25 - 30cm
Habitat
Rainforest, thick coastal scrubs.
Food
fruit, berries, insects
Breeding
Nest is saucer of twigs up a tree. Lays two pale brown eggs.
Range
Coastal areas where rainfall is high.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Ptilonorhynchidae | | Genus: | Ptilonorhynchus | | Species: | violaceus | | Common Name: | Satin Bower Bird |
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