Least ConcernEndemicFruitForestPlatform nestMedium · 99 g
About the Regent Bowerbird
The regent bowerbird is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or fawn markings, grey bill, black feet and crown. The name commemorates a prince regent of the United Kingdom.
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Where the Regent Bowerbird lives
Regular range
When to see the Regent Bowerbird
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Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Flame BowerbirdSericulus ardensThe flame bowerbird is one of the most brilliantly coloured bowerbirds.
Masked BowerbirdSericulus aureusThe masked bowerbird is endemic to rainforests of New Guinea.
Fire-maned BowerbirdSericulus bakeriThe fire-maned bowerbird is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm (11 in) long, bowerbird that inhabits and endemic to the forests of the Adelbert Range in Papua New Guinea.
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