Biology:Chlamydera
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Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.
The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Chlamydera was introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate Calodera maculata Gould, the spotted bowerbird, which is therefore the type species by monotypy.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χλαμυς/khlamus meaning "short cloak" with δερα/dera meaning "neck".[4]
Species
The genus contains five species:[5]
- Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
- Western bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
- Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
- Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)
- Spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gould, John (1837). The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands. 1. London: self. Plate 3 text, footnote. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-185308543/view?partId=nla.obj-185884713#page/n12/mode/1up. No plate or page numbers.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 179. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485552.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Chlamydera". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Chlamydera.
- ↑ 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/.
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