>Archboldia sanfordi (Sanford's Bowerbird)

Sanford's Bowerbird

 

Sanford's Bowerbird
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Archboldia
Species:	A. sanfordi
Binomial name
Archboldia sanfordi Mayr & Gilliard, 1950

The Sanford's Bowerbird, Archboldia sanfordi is a black bowerbird with a reddish-brown iris, grey feet and black bill. The male has a golden crest extending from forehead, blackish wing and long tail. Both sexes are alike. The female is smaller with blue-grey feet and without crown feathering.

A polygamous species, the Sanford's Bowerbird inhabits to eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea. The diet consists mainly of fruits. This bowerbird was discovered by Ernest Thomas Gilliard in 1950 at Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. It is named after Dr Leonard Cutler Sanford, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.

Some authorities considered the Sanford's Bowerbird as a subspecies of the Archbold's Bowerbird.

>Archboldia papuensis (Archbold's Bowerbird)

Archbold's Bowerbird

Archbold's Bowerbird
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Archboldia
Species:	A. papuensis
Binomial name
Archboldia papuensis Rand, 1940

The Archbold's Bowerbird, Archboldia papuensis is a medium-sized, up to 37 cm long, dark grey songbird with brown iris, grey feet and black bill. The male has narrow black scalloping with some trace of golden yellow crown feathers and dark grey forked tail, that shorter than the wing. Both sexes are similar. The female is smaller than male, with yellow patch on wings and has no crown feathering.

The Archbold's Bowerbird is distributed and endemic to highland forests of Western New Guinea. The male is polygamous and its bower yet to be discovered. The diet consists mainly of fruits.

This little known bowerbird was discovered by Austin Loomer Rand in 1939. The name commemorates the New Guinea explorer and ornithologist Richard Archbold. It is notable for going to great lengths in acquiring shed ornamental plumes of the King of Saxony Bird of Paradise for decorating its courtship bower.

Due to ongoing habitat loss, the Archbold's Bowerbird is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

>>Genus Archboldia

Archboldia

Archboldia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Archboldia Rand, 1940

Archboldia ( Rand, 1940) is a genus of bowerbirds, in family Ptilonorhynchidae, bowerbirds and catbirds.

Species

• Archboldia papuensis - Archbold's Bowerbird.
• Archboldia sanfordi - Sanford's Bowerbird.