Fire-maned Bowerbird (Sericulus bakeri)

Other Names (World)
Fire-maned Bowerbird, Adelbert Bowerbird, Adelbert Regent Bowerbird, New Guinea Regent Bowerbird, Baker's Bowerbird, Beck's Bowerbird, Madang Bowerbird, Macloud Bowerbird, Madang Golden Bird

Family
Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Chapin, 1929)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest and rural gardens. From 900 - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Papua New Guinea (B) (NB).

Adelbert Mts, north-eastern New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and stable.

Status NT
Deforestation for agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Rasping, hissing and other perhaps mimicked calls.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Fire-maned Bowerbird (Sericulus bakeri) [XC267869]
by id from Keki Lodge area, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Masked Bowerbird (Sericulus aureus), Sericulus ardens and Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus).

Similar Species
Male similar only to extralimital Masked Bowerbird (Sericulus aureus) and Yellow Satinbird (Cnemophilus macgregorii). Female similar to MacGregor's Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) which has unpatterned buffy-brown underparts and is at higher altitudes, and to various birds-of-paradise which are brighter and more contrastingly barred on underparts.

References
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