Sunday, July 8, 2012

>>Genus Sericulus

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

  • Flame Bowerbird, Sericulus aureus
  • Fire-maned Bowerbird, Sericulus bakeri
  • Regent Bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus

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