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Chlamydera

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Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.

Species

Great Bowerbird

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyPtilonorhynchidae
Observations2,017
Observations recorded146,249

Le genre Chlamydera regroupe cinq espèces de passereaux appartenant à la famille des Ptilonorhynchidae.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Family
Ptilonorhynchidae
Collections
ANWC, ANSP, SAMA
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ptilonorhynchidae
Image
Stavenn Chlamydera cerviniventris.jpg
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genus
Commons category
Chlamydera
taxon name
Chlamydera
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Category:Chlamydera
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References

Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.

The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chlamydera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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