Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) - HBW 14, p. 402

French: Jardinier à poitrine fauve German: Braunbauch-Laubenvogel Spanish: Pergolero Pechipardo
Other common names: Buff-breasted Bowerbird

Taxonomy: Chlamydera cerviniventris Gould, 1850, Cape York, north Queensland, Australia.
Both sexes of Australian population heavier than New Guinea ones, but differences considered insufficient to warrant naming of geographical races. Monotypic.

Distribution: NW & E New Guinea (Ransiki and Kebar valleys, in E Vogelkop; and coasts from Jayapura in N and, in S, from Merauke E, including isolates in Jimi valley and Aiyura valley, to SE mountains); and N Queensland (from N tip of Cape York Peninsula S on in E coastal zone to Massy Creek area, E of Coen), in extreme NE Australia.