Fire-maned bowerbird
Species of bird
| Fire-maned bowerbird | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ptilonorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Sericulus |
| Species: | S. bakeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sericulus bakeri (Chapin, 1929) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Adelbert Regent bowerbird | |
The fire-maned bowerbird (Sericulus bakeri) is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm (11 in) long, bowerbird that inhabits and endemic to the forests of the Adelbert Range in Papua New Guinea.[2] The striking male is black with fiery orange crown and upperback, elongated neck plumes, yellow iris and golden yellow wing patch. The female is a brown bird with brown-barred whitish underparts.
Its diet consists mainly of figs, ants and insects. The bower itself is that of "avenue"-type with two sides of wall of sticks.
The fire-maned bowerbird was discovered in 1928 by Rollo Beck. The female was unknown to science until 1959.
Due to ongoing habitat loss and limited range, the fire-maned bowerbird is evaluated as near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Sericulus bakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22703671A117100558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22703671A117100558.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Diamond, Jared; Bishop, K. David (9 March 2021). "Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains' only endemic bird species?". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 141 (1): 75-108. doi:10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a8. S2CID 232144184.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Sericulus bakeri.
- BirdLife species factsheet for Sericulus bakeri
- "Sericulus bakeri". Avibase.
- "Adelbert Bowerbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Adelbert Regent bowerbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Sericulus bakeri at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Fire-maned bowerbird on Xeno-canto.
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Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)
- Ochre-breasted catbird (A. stonii)
- White-eared catbird (A. buccoides)
- Tan-capped catbird (A. geislerorum)
- Green catbird (A. crassirostris)
- Spotted catbird (A. maculosus)
- Huon catbird (A. astigmaticus)
- Black-capped catbird (A. melanocephalus)
- Black-eared catbird (A. melanotis)
- Arfak catbird (A. arfakianus)
- Northern catbird (A. jobiensis)
- Tooth-billed catbird (S. dentirostris)
- Archbold's bowerbird (A. papuensis)
- Sanford's bowerbird (A. sanfordi)
- Vogelkop bowerbird (A. inornata)
- MacGregor's bowerbird (A. macgregoriae)
- Huon bowerbird (A. germanus)
- Streaked bowerbird (A. subalaris)
- Golden-fronted bowerbird (A. flavifrons)
- Golden bowerbird (P. newtoniana)
- Masked bowerbird (S. aureus)
- Flame bowerbird (S. ardens)
- Fire-maned bowerbird (S. bakeri)
- Regent bowerbird (S. chrysocephalus)
- Satin bowerbird (P. violaceus)
- Western bowerbird (C. guttata)
- Spotted bowerbird (C. maculata)
- Great bowerbird (C. nuchalis)
- Yellow-breasted bowerbird (C. lauterbachi)
- Fawn-breasted bowerbird (C. cerviniventris)
Hybrid: Rawnsley's bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus x Sericulus chrysocephalus)
