Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) - HBW 14, p. 403
French: Jardinier à nuque rose
German:
Spanish: Pergolero Grande
Other common names: Great Grey Bowerbird, Lilac-naped Bowerbird
Taxonomy: Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis Jardine and Selby, 1830, Port Darwin district, Northern Territory, Australia.
Hybridization with C. maculata recorded SE of Charters Towers (E Queensland). Proposed races oweni (described from Point Torment, in N Western Australia) and yorki (from Utingu, in extreme N Queensland) synonymized with, respectively, nominate and orientalis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nuchalis ( Jardine & Selby, 1830) - N Western Australia (Kimberley Division) E, including numerous offshore islands, to N Northern Territory and extreme NW Queensland.
- orientalis Gould, 1879 - Queensland (except extreme NW) S in W to c. 20° S and in E to Clermont and Connors Range (generally absent from humid coast in Cardwell-Tully region and E watershed of wet tropics).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a bower, displaying and then copulating with a female Locality Townsville, Queensland, Australia (ssp yorki)
Natalie Doerr 22 November 2004 4 years ago 56 sec 4.4 -
A male destroying another males bower Locality Townsville, Queensland, Australia (ssp yorki)
Natalie Doerr 11 October 2006 4 years ago 58 sec 4.4 -
A male displaying and attempting to mate with a visiting female, but she is reluctant to mate, and a fight ensues Locality Townsville, Queensland, Australia (ssp yorki)
Natalie Doerr 22 October 2004 4 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4.2 -
A bird in a bush and at its bower Locality Mareeba, Queensland, Australia (ssp yorki)
Peter Nash 22 October 2006 4 years ago 34 sec 2.1
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Single near Airport
Locality Karumba, Queensland, Australia (ssp nuchalis)
Tom Tarrant 4 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
perched on a fence
Locality Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Georges Olioso 12 September 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Male bird at bower
Locality Croydon, Queensland, Australia
David McKay 24 July 2010 28 weeks ago 3.8 -
Great Bowerbird feeding
Locality Mataranka, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 6 July 2010 50 weeks ago 3.6 -
Lateral view of male foraging among berries
Locality Julatten, Queensland, Australia (ssp orientalis)
Mikko Pyhälä 21 August 2010 1 year ago 2.3
- No sound recordings available yet
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