Least ConcernUncommonEndemicFruitShrublandCup nestMedium · 200 g
About the Great Bowerbird
The great bowerbird is a common and conspicuous resident of northern Australia, from the area around Broome across the Top End to Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Mount Isa and Townsville. Favoured habitat is a broad range of forest and woodland, and the margins of vine forests, monsoon forest, and mangrove swamps.
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Where it lives
Regular range
When to see it
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Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Spotted BowerbirdChlamydera maculataAt 29 cm in length, spotted bowerbirds are intermediate in size among the bowerbirds, but are rather slim and compact.
Western BowerbirdChlamydera guttataThe western bowerbird is smaller than the other bowerbird it shares its range with, the great bowerbird.
Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventrisThe fawn-breasted bowerbird is a medium-sized, up to 32 cm (13 in) long, bowerbird with a greyish brown spotted white plumage, a black bill, dark brown iris, yellow mouth and an orange buff below.
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