Sericulus

Sericulus

Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Sericulus Swainson, 1825

The genus Sericulus of the family Ptilonorhynchidae consists of three spectacularly colored bowerbirds.

All three species build an "avenue-type" bower and are found in New Guinea and Australia.

Species

Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ptilonorhynchidae

Genus	Species

Ailuroedus	White-eared catbird (A. buccoides) Spotted catbird (A. melanotis) Green catbird (A. crassirostris)

Scenopooetes	Tooth-billed catbird (S. dentirostris)

Archboldia	Archbold's bowerbird (A. papuensis) Sanford's bowerbird (A. sanfordi)

Amblyornis	Vogelkop bowerbird (A. inornata) MacGregor's bowerbird (A. macgregoriae) Streaked bowerbird (A. subalaris) Golden-fronted bowerbird (A. flavifrons)

Prionodura	Golden bowerbird (P. newtoniana)

Sericulus	Flame bowerbird (S. aureus) Fire-maned bowerbird (S. bakeri) Regent bowerbird (S. chrysocephalus)

Ptilonorhynchus	Satin bowerbird (P. violaceus)

Chlamydera	Western bowerbird (C. guttata) Spotted bowerbird (P. maculatus) Great bowerbird (C. nuchalis) Yellow-breasted bowerbird (C. lauterbachi) Fawn-breasted bowerbird (C. cerviniventris)

Hybrid: Rawnsley's bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus x Sericulus chrysocephalus)

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