Family
Paradisaeidae
Habits
Diurnal, Male builds bower of sticks, courts a series of females each of which then builds a nest, incubates the eggs and raises the young on her own
Habitat
Forest Woodland Wetlands Stone Country, Pockets of vine scrub; paperbark and eucalypt thicket in woodland and open forest.
Notes
Photo Galiwinku, NT.
Breeding
August to February. Nest is falt coarse loosely constructed cup of twigs in the branches of trees or shrubs. One to two greyish-green eggs, tracery of lines. Incubation by female, only one brood a season.
Parks
Kakadu National Park
Diet
Omnivore, Seeds; native fruits and berries; insects. Fiscus plants, important part of diet.
Details
Common Name: |
Great Bowerbird |
Scientific Name: |
Ptilonorhynchus (Chlamydera) nuchalis |
Sub Order: |
Unavailable |
Order: |
Passeriformes |
Class: |
Aves |
Category: |
Endemic |
Status: |
Least Concern |
Size: |
330-370 mm. |
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