Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata) [XC327266]
by Pieter de Groot Boersma from Desert Springs, Alice Springs Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia (call)
Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata) [XC383145]
by Christopher Watson from Kirkalocka Station Homestead, Mount Magnet, Western Australia, Australia (call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
September - December, sometimes later.
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Nest
Saucer-shaped, shallow, composed of thin dead twigs, lined with finer twigs and sometimes dry grass, in a leafy tree, up to 10 meters above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
Usually 2; pale grey-green covered with winding scrawls of brown and occasional darker blotches; oval; about 32 x 26 mm. Incubation: by female.
Young
Probably semi-altricial, nidicolous.
Subspecies
Probably forms a superspecies with Spotted Bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata), and in the past considered conspecific.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
guttata Gould, 1862 - Western Australia from Eighty Mile Beach south, immediately east of North West Cape, through Pilbara into central interior of state; and from Rawlinson Range eastern into southern northern Territory (east to c. 200-300 km northern and east of Alice Springs), and south to north-western South Australia (to c. 100 km south of border).
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
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BirdLife International Species Factsheet