About the Satin Bowerbird
The satin bowerbird is a species of passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is the only species placed in the genus Ptilonorhynchus.
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Mature males have violet-blue eyes and are uniformly coloured black, however, light diffraction by the surface texture of the feathers results in an almost metallic sheen giving a deep shiny blue appearance. Immature males are coloured and marked the same as females and are often mistaken for them. Females might be mistaken for the green catbird or spotted catbird with distinctively green/brown or otherwise entirely brown upper body and lighter under body with a distinct reticulated or scalloped pattern, but with very striking blue eyes.
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What the Satin Bowerbird sounds like
Where the Satin Bowerbird lives
When to see the Satin Bowerbird
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Great BowerbirdChlamydera nuchalisThe 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.
Green CatbirdAiluroedus crassirostrisGreen catbirds are a medium-sized stocky bird with long, powerful legs and a long, stout bill.
Regent BowerbirdSericulus chrysocephalusThe regent bowerbird is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird.
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