Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)  
Genus: Amblyornis (5 species)


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Golden-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons)
Range: AU: Foja Mts. (nc New Guinea)
 



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Huon Bowerbird (Amblyornis germanus)
Range: AU: montane Huon Pen. (ne New Guinea)
 



Vogelkop Bowerbird
Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) Male
Range: AU: montane Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea)
West Papua
  Like the better known Satin Bowerbird, this species likes to bring blue objects to its ground nest (bower).
 
Photograph by Graham Ekins   © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female similar.

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MacGregor's Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae)
Range: AU: montane wc to ne (Adelbert Range) and se New Guinea
 



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Streaked Bowerbird (Amblyornis subalaris)
Range: AU: lower montane se New Guinea
 




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