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GREAT BOWERBIRD FACTS |
Description
The Great Bowerbird is a large greyish bird with dark bill. The upper parts are fawn grey with darker markings on top of head. The wings are brown with white markings on the feathers. The male has a lilac crest on back of neck, but this is usually only seen when it displays for a female. The male builds a large bower under a shrub or leafy branch. It is a platform of twigs with an avenue of twigs about a metre long and 45cm high. At each end of the bower it makes a display area scattered with white stones, bones, shells and leaves.
Other Names
Queensland Bowerbird, Great Grey Bowerbird
Size
34-38cm
Habitat
eucalypt woodlands, scrub land, parkland, timbered areas near creeks.
Food
fruit, berries, insects
Breeding
The nest is a saucer of twigs lined with leaves. Lays 1-2 oval grey-green eggs speckled and streaked with brownish marks.
Range
coastal tropical areas of northern Australia
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: | Chlamydera | | Species: | nuchalis | | Common Name: | Great Bowerbird |
Relatives in same Genus
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (C. cerviniventris)
Western Bowerbird (C. guttata)
Spotted Bowerbird (C. maculata)
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