Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) [XC621113]
by Ariane Allen from Bournda NP, Bega Valley Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) [XC439762]
by James Ray from Bunya Mountains, South Burnett Regional, Queensland, Australia (call, harsh call)
Nest
Ope, rather shallow, composed of thin twigs, lined with dried but pliable leaves, usually in the fork of a tree, or a clump of mistletoe, from 3 - 25 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
1 - 3, usually 2; cream to buff-brown, heavily spotted, blotched and sometimes lined with umber, purple-grey and ink-grey; oval; about 44 x 29 mm. Incubation: 21 - 22 days; by female.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 19 - 22 days.
Subspecies
Two documented records of hybridization with Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
violaceus (Vieillot, 1816) - Coastal south-eastern and central-eastern Australia from Dawes Ranges, south-east Qld, south to the Otway Ranges, Vic, inland to the eastern scarps and summit ridges of the Greate Divide.
minor Campbell, AJ, 1912 - Humid montane north-eastern Qld, from Mt Finnegan - Big Tableland, south to the Paluma Range.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
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
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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