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Bowerbirds 49 images Created 4 Apr 2011

Bowerbirds are a group of catbirds that live in Australia and New Guinea. They have a unique courtship behavior that involves building a structure called a bower. The bower can be simple as some leaves around a sapling to elaborate as a large dome made of sticks. They decorate the court around the bower with different objects to attract females. Tim Laman's National Geographic article on Bowerbirds was published in July 2010.
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  • Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) male at his bower.
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  • Bower of a Vogelkop Bowerbird (we called this one the "blue bower" - I photographed the same one in Dec 2008 with different decorations)
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  • Bower of Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) with his decorations..
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  • A Vogelkopf Bowerbird.(Amblyornis inoratus) holding some berries in his beak.
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  • Bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) with his decorations.
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  • Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) male in tree.  Lamington National Park, Queensland.
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male at  his bower, which is decorated with many blue plastic items, and a blue feather of a Crimson Rosella parrot which the bowerbird is holding..Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male adding a stick to  his bower..Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • Bower of a Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), decorated with many blue plastic items including bottlecaps, and also blue feathers of the Crimson Rosella parrot..Lamington National Park...Lighting done by light-painting with a flashlight/torch.
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  • Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male in his bower..James Cook University Campus, Townsville, Queensland, Australia...JCU Campus Bower #2
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  • Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male at his bower with various white, green, and grey decorations, including a bone.  Located on the Townsville Cemetary grounds..Townsville, Queensland, Australia...Cemetary Bower
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  • Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male displaying to a female who has entered his bower.  He holds one of his prize decorations (a red hair band) in his beak..The bower has various green and white and some red decorations including green fruits and various manmade objects.  Located on the campus of James Cook University..Townsville, Queensland, Australia...JCU Bower #2
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  • Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male displaying to a female who has entered his bower.  He tosses one of his prize decorations (a red hair band) into the air..The bower has various green and white and some red decorations including green fruits and various manmade objects.  Located on the campus of James Cook University..Townsville, Queensland, Australia...JCU Bower #2
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  • Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male displaying to a female who has entered his bower.  He tosses one of his prize decorations (a red hair band) into the air..The bower has various green and white and some red decorations including green fruits and various manmade objects.  Located on the campus of James Cook University..Townsville, Queensland, Australia...JCU Bower #2
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  • Tooth-billed Bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris)  male arriving at his court with a new leaf.  A cleared area of the forest floor with a collection of upside-down leaves is the display court of this bowerbird species...Atherton Tablelands, Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male displays to a female who has entered his bower.  He holds a cicada case in his bill...This bower is decorated with all natural objects..Rain forest of the Atherton Tablelands..Queensland, Australia
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male displays to a female who stands just behind his bower.  He holds a fruit in his bill...This bower is decorated with all natural objects..Rain forest of the Atherton Tablelands..Queensland, Australia
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male displays to a female who stands just behind his bower.  He holds a fruit in his bill...This bower is decorated with all natural objects..Rain forest of the Atherton Tablelands..Queensland, Australia
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) female inspecting the bower of a male...This bower is decorated with all natural objects..Rain forest of the Atherton Tablelands..Queensland, Australia
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male displays to a female who stands just behind his bower.  He holds a cicada case in his bill...This bower is decorated with all natural objects..Rain forest of the Atherton Tablelands..Queensland, Australia
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  • Tooth-billed Bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris)  male calling from a perch above his court.  A cleared area of the forest floor with a collection of upside-down leaves is the display court of this bowerbird species...Atherton Tablelands, Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male adds a stick to his bower in the rain forest of the Atherton Tablelands...This bower is decorated with all natural objects..Queensland, Australia
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  • Bower of a Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) in the rain forest of the Atherton Tablelands.  This bower is decorated with all natural objects including moss, fruits, snail shells, and cicada cases...Queensland, Australia..Photographed at night using light painting with a flashlight/torch.
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  • Bower of the Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) decorated with lichens and flowers..Rain forest of the Paluma Range National Park..Queensland, Australia...Photographed at dusk using light painting with a flashlight/torch..
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  • Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) male at his bower, which is a large stick structure decorated with lichens and flowers..Rain forest of the Paluma Range National Park..Queensland, Australia...
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  • Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) male at his bower, which is a large stick structure decorated with lichens and flowers..Rain forest of the Paluma Range National Park..Queensland, Australia.
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  • Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris maculosus) calling..Rain forest of the Paluma Range National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) adult female. .Rain forest of the Paluma Range National Park, Queensland, Australia.
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  • Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male displaying to a female in his bower while holding a green fruit..This male has decorated his bower with green glass, white plastic, grey plastic, and other decorations..James Cook University Campus, Townsville, Queensland, Australia...JCU Campus Bower #3
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  • Bower of a Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with various pieces of trash.
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  • Bower of a Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with Piper leaves, orange fungi, and blue berries.
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  • Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) bower.  View from a back entrance, showing bower interior including pile of mica decorations, and central maypole base covered with black roots.
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  • Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) bower decorated with orange leaves, dark orange fungi, and blue berries.
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  • Male Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) at a new bower which he is constructing, carrying moss for decorating the bower.
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  • Bower of Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with various types of trash and some flowers.
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  • Female Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) at her nest with an egg.
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  • Bower of a Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated primarily with a huge spread of acorns, plus a small pile of orange fruits.
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  • Bower of a Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with large spread of red/orange colored fruits of a type eaten by cassowaries, and a pile of black fungi.
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  • Bower of the Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with piles of acorns, black fungi, and pandanus flowers.
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  • Male Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) at a new bower which he is constructing with a stick to add to the bower.
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  • Rain forest of the remote Arfak Mountains of New Guinea, with Bower of a Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with blue berries, and with a clump of orange flowers placed by the bowerbird peripheral to the bower.
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  • Bower of a Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with a pile of blue colored rotting wood, a blue mushroom, blue berries, orange fruits, and piles of black fungi and orange pandanus flowers.
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  • A bower of a Vogelkopf Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus), decorated with a pile of acorns, orange fungi, and other fruits.
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  • Montane rain forest of the Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.  Habitat of the Vogelkopf Bowerbird.
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  • Male Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) perched near his bower.
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  • Male Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) male displaying to a female at his bower by holding a blue fruit in his bill and keeping on the opposite side of the bower from the female..
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  • Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) male displaying to a female at his bower by holding a blue fruit in his bill and keeping on the opposite side of the bower from the female..Note female is visible around the back of bower.
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  • Yellow-fronted Bowerbird bower.Research documentation shot..2008 Bower NEV 06
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  • Golden-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) male at his bower.
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