Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) - HBW 14, p. 396
French: Jardinier de Newton
German: Säulengärtner
Spanish: Pergolero Dorado
Other common names: Newton's (Golden) Bowerbird, Queensland Gardener, Newton's (Gardener-)Bowerbird
Taxonomy: Prionodura newtoniana De Vis, 1883, Tully River Scrubs, north Queensland, Australia.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Uplands of wet tropics of NE Queensland (from Thornton Range and Mt Windsor Tableland S to Seaview-Paluma Range), in NE Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male decorates his bower with a small flower, then preens Locality Queensland, Australia
steve dillinger 6 December 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A male perched in a tree Locality Mount Lewis Forest Reserve, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 7 November 2003 5 years ago 25 sec 3.6
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A male on a branch
Locality Queensland, Australia
steve dillinger 6 December 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Juvenile Golden Bowerbird perched in a rainforest tree
Locality Mount Lewis Forest Reserve, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 11 August 2009 1 year ago 3.4 -
A frontal view of a male.
Locality Paluma, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 19 October 2007 1 year ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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