Alternative name: Black-faced Bowerbird
- Sericulus aureus
Identification
25 cm
Male
- Black facial mask, chin and throat
- Pale eye
- Crown bright reddish-orange gradually becoming more yellow towards the rear and towards the underside
- Wings yellow with black on alula and outer primaries, more yellow on proximal part of inner primaries and on secondaries.
- Tail black with small yellow corners
- Legs grey, bill pale blue-grey with black tip
Female
- Upperside olive-brown
- Underside orange yellow with darker scalloping on breast
- Facial mask, chin and throat olive-brown
- Dark eye
Distribution
Foothills of western New Guinea
Taxonomy
Masked Bowerbird has been split from Flame Bowerbird
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Forest at 850-1400 m asl. occasionally lower.
Behaviour
Male builds a bower on the ground which is defended August to October.
Vocalisation
Harsh sound occasionally heard
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Frith, C. and D. Frith (2020). Masked Bowerbird (Sericulus aureus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.flabow3.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Masked Bowerbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Masked_Bowerbird
