Tooth-billed Bowerbird vs Western Bowerbird

Tooth-billed Bowerbird

Scenopoeetes dentirostris

Medium163 gForest

The tooth-billed bowerbird is a medium-sized (approximately 27 centimetres (11 in) long) bowerbird. It is a stocky olive-brown bird with brown-streaked buffish white underparts, grey feet, a brown iris and a distinctive serrated bill. The sexes are similar, but the female is slightly smaller than the male.

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Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Western Bowerbird

Chlamydera guttata

Medium136 gShrubland

The western bowerbird is smaller than the other bowerbird it shares its range with, the great bowerbird. It measures 24–28 cm (9.4–11.0 in) in length and weighs 120–150 g (4.2–5.3 oz). Both sexes are similar in size and dimensions, except that the tail of the female is slightly longer. The plumage is brown with reddish or buff spots over the throat, chest, neck, back, head and wings, with a pink erectile crest on the nape. The tail is brown and the undersides are buff. The plumage of the female is similar to the male but more spotted on the throat.

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Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Tooth-billed Bowerbird and Western Bowerbird.