Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) - HBW 14, p. 400
French: Jardinier prince-régent
German: Gelbnacken-Laubenvogel
Spanish: Pergolero Regente
Other common names: Australian Regent Bowerbird, (Australian) Regentbird, Golden Regent(bird)
Taxonomy: Meliphaga chrysocephala Lewin, 1808, Patterson's River [= Hunter River], New South Wales, Australia.
May form a superspecies with S. aureus, S. ardens and S. bakeri. Two documented cases of hybridization with Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. Birds from Blackall Range (SE Queensland) proposed as race rothschildi on basis of supposedly richer orange crown of male, but studies indicate no constant geographical difference in this character. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal zone of CE Australia from E Queensland (Connors and Clarke Ranges, on Eungella Plateau) S, with distributional gap about Fitzroy R valley inland of Rockhampton, to E New South Wales (to area immediately N of Sydney).
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A close-up of an adult male perched, looking around. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 49 weeks ago 25 sec 4.9 -
An adult male perched, looking around. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 49 weeks ago 23 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a pair resting on a bush, looking around. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 49 weeks ago 25 sec 4.6 -
Ventral and dorsal view of an adult male perched. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 49 weeks ago 29 sec 4.5 -
Ventral and dorsal view of a female perched. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 49 weeks ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A female and then a male moving very close to the bower of a vigilant Satin Bowerbird male. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 1 year ago 40 sec 4.2
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Male Regent Bowerbird
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
This is the female Regent Bowerbird
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.5 -
Male Regent Bowerbird perched on rainforest tree
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.4 -
A dorsal view of a male.
Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 49 weeks ago 4.2 -
A female in a tree, opportunistically catching flying insects.
Locality Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
David Stowe 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Male Regent Bowerbird located in the Lamington National Park rainforest.
Locality Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
cel_polo 11 December 2010 41 weeks ago 4
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