Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)

Flame Bowerbird (Sericulus ardens) - HBW 14, p. 399

French: Jardinier ardent German: Flammenlaubenvogel Spanish: Pergolero Flamígero
Other common names: Golden Bowerbird(!), Golden Regent Bowerbird, Yellow-throated Golden Bird

Taxonomy: Xanthomelus ardens D'Albertis and Salvadori, 1879, upper Fly River, 430 m, New Guinea.
May form a superspecies with S. aureus, S. bakeri and S. chrysocephalus; often treated as conspecific with first of those, with which it hybridizes in area of marginal range overlap on Wataikwa R (SW New Guinea). Monotypic.

Distribution: S New Guinea from Wataikwa R-Mimika R and upper Noord R-Endrich R E to upper Fly R, Strickland R and Nomad R, and to near Ludesa Mission (Mt Bosavi); also in Tarara-Morehead area and inland from Merauke (between Kumbe and Merauke R).