Monday, July 9, 2012

>Chlamydera maculata (Spotted Bowerbird)

Spotted Bowerbird


Spotted Bowerbird
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:Ptilonorhynchus
Species:Ptilonorhynchus maculatus
Binomial name
Chlamydera maculata
Gould, 1837
The Spotted Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus maculatus) is a bowerbird widely distributed across inland Queensland and New South Wales.

Conservation status

Australia

Spotted Bowerbird are not listed as threatened on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

State of Victoria, Australia

  • The Spotted Bowerbird is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.
  • On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Spotted Bowerbird is listed as endangered.

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