Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)

Masked Bowerbird (Sericulus aureus) - HBW 14, p. 399

French: Jardinier du Prince d'Orange German: Goldlaubenvogel Spanish: Pergolero Áureo
Other common names: Black-faced (Golden) Bowerbird, New Guinea Golden Bowerbird, Northern Flame Bowerbird, Golden Regentbird

Taxonomy: Coracias aurea Linnaeus, 1758, "Asia"; error = Vogelkop, north-west New Guinea.
May form a superspecies with S. ardens, 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: NW & N New Guinea, from mountains of Vogelkop, Wandammen Mts, Weyland Mts, Oranje Mts, and C ranges and N coastal ranges (Torricelli Mts, Prince Alexander Mts) E to near Sepik R.