Biology:Amblyornis
From HandWiki
Amblyornis is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. The species are endemic to the mountains of New Guinea.
Birds in this genus build "maypole-type" bowers in which vegetation is arranged around a central vertical sapling or tree-fern.[1][2]
Taxonomy
The genus Amblyornis was introduced in 1872 by the American zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot to accommodate a single species, Ptilorhynchus inornatus Schlegel, 1871, the Vogelkop bowerbird, which is the type species by monotypy.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek αμβλυοεις/ambluoeis meaning "dull" with ορνις/ornis meaning "bird".[5]
Species
The genus contains five species:[6]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amblyornis flavifrons | Golden-fronted bowerbird | Foja Mountains in the Papua province of Indonesia | |
| Amblyornis macgregoriae | MacGregor's bowerbird | New Guinea | |
| Amblyornis germanus | Huon bowerbird | Huon Peninsula, northeast New Guinea | |
| Amblyornis subalaris | Streaked bowerbird | southeastern New Guinea | |
| Amblyornis inornata | Vogelkop bowerbird | Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop Peninsula) of western New Guinea |
References
- ↑ Frith, C.B.; Frith, D.W. (2009). "Family Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.. Handbook of the Birds of the World. 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 350-403 [366]. ISBN 978-84-96553-50-7. https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0014unse/page/366/mode/1up.
- ↑ Ericson, P.G.P.; Irestedt, M.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Christidis, L.; Joseph, L.; Qu, Y. (2020). "Parallel evolution of bower-building behavior in two groups of bowerbirds suggested by phylogenomics". Systematic Biology 69 (5): 820-829. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa040.
- ↑ Elliot, Daniel Giraud (1872). "Descriptions of two new genera of Paradiseidae, with remarks on some of the species". Ibis. Series 3 2: 111-114 [113]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8618071.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 176. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485549.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Amblyornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Amblyornis.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (February 2025). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/lyrebirds/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1744867 entry
 |  |
