Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
Spotted Bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata) - HBW 14, p. 402
French: Jardinier maculé
German: Fleckenlaubenvogel
Spanish: Pergolero Moteado Oriental
Taxonomy: Calodera maculata Gould, 1837, "New Holland" = Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia.
Probably forms a superspecies with C. guttata, and in the past considered conspecific. Hybridization with C. nuchalis recorded SE of Charters Towers (E Queensland). Monotypic.
Distribution: Interior of Queensland S of 20° S (except extreme W & SW) and interior of W & C New South Wales (except extreme W border country) S to extreme NW Victoria, in E Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Female inspecting bower and then rejecting male Locality Queensland, Australia
birdinggreynomads 3 September 2008 4 years ago 16 sec 3.3 -
Male at bower Locality Queensland, Australia
birdinggreynomads 3 September 2008 4 years ago 27 sec 3
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Spotted Bowerbird in a tree.
Locality Camooweal Caves National Park, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 2 August 2008 2 years ago 3 -
Male near bower in garden.
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 24 March 2008 3 years ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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