MacGregor's Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) [XC357830]
by Phil Gregory from Rondon Ridge, Mount Hagen, Dei District, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
MacGregor's Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) [XC24862]
by Todd Mark from Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (call)
Subspecies
Has hybridized with Streaked Bowerbird (Amblyornis subalaris). Subspecies germana, bowers of at least some of which differ from those typical of species, possibly represents a separate species.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
mayri Hartert, 1930 - Western and central New Guinea (Weyland Mts east to western Hindenburg Mts).
kombok Schodde and McKean, 1973 - Eastern New Guinea probably from at least Strickland R (possibly from Hindenberg Range) east to Mt Hagen, Kubor Range, Bismarck Range and Kratke Range.
lecroyae C. B. Frith and D. W. Frith, 1997 - Mt Bosavi, in east-central New Guinea.
amati T. K. Pratt, 1982 - Adelbert Mts, in north-eastern New Guinea.
germana Rothschild, 1910 - Mountains of Huon Peninsula, in north-eastern New Guinea.
macgregoriae De Vis, 1890 - South-eastern New Guinea from western Kukukuku and Herzog Range east to western Owen Stanley Range.
nubicola Schodde and McKean, 1973 - Eastern Owen Stanley Range (Mt Dayman and Mt Simpson massifs, and probably eastern from Mt Suckling), in extreme south-eastern New Guinea.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet