Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)

Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) - HBW 14, p. 395

French: Jardinier brun German: Spanish: Pergolero Pardo
Other common names: Crestless/Plain/Brown (Gardener-)Bowerbird, (Vogelkop) Gardener Bowerbird, Brown Gardener/Gardenerbird, Crestless Gardener

Taxonomy: Ptilorhynchus inornatus Schlegel, 1871, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, north-west New Guinea.
Taxonomic status of birds in Fakfak Mts uncertain; compared with those in Arfak Mts, they are slightly darker above and brownish-yellow below, but with grossly different bowers, although genetic material reveals little differentiation; study required. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mountains of Vogelkop (Tamrau, Arfak), Onin Peninsula (Fakfak), Bomberai Peninsula (Kumawa) and Wandammen Mts, in NW New Guinea.