Biology:Sericulus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Sericulus | |
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| Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ptilonorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Sericulus Swainson, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Meliphaga chrysocephalus[1] Lewin, 1808
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The genus Sericulus of the family Ptilonorhynchidae consists of four spectacularly colored bowerbirds.[2]
All species build an "avenue-type" bower and are found in New Guinea and Australia .
Species
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Sericulus aureus | Masked bowerbird | New Guinea |
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Sericulus ardens | Flame bowerbird | New Guinea |
| Sericulus bakeri | Fire-maned bowerbird | Papua New Guinea. | |
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Sericulus chrysocephalus | Regent bowerbird | eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales. |
References
- ↑ "Ptilorhynchidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=116.
- ↑ International Ornithologists' Union (in en). IOC World Bird List 12.1 (Multilingual Version) (Report). doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. https://worldbirdnames.org/Multiling%20IOC%2012.1c.xlsx.
- ↑ Clements, J. F.; Schulenberg, T. S.; Iliff, M. J.; Billerman, S. M.; Fredericks, T. A.; Gerbracht, J. A.; Lepage, D.; Sullivan, B. L. et al. (2021). The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021.. https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/.
Wikidata ☰ Q428336 entry
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