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Ptilonorhynchidae
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Bowerbirds () make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate.
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Ptilonorhynchidae is a taxonomic family within the animal kingdom. It is classified under the phylum Chordata, class Aves, and order Passeriformes. The family is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and is also referred to by the common name gartnerfamilien.
Records for this family are held by institutions such as ANWC, with specific occurrences documented in Papua New Guinea. The iDigBio database contains 165 records and 18 media items associated with the family. Additionally, the subject is referenced by 576 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
Ptilonorhynchidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPtilonorhynchidae
Les Ptilonorhynchidae (ou ptilonorhynchidés) sont une famille de passereaux constituée de 8 genres et 20 espèces d'oiseaux jardiniers endémiques de l'Australie et de la Nouvelle-Guinée.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 165
- With media
- 18
- Family
- Ptilonorhynchidae
- Collections
- ANWC
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Behaviour and ecology
- Courtship and mating
- Taxonomy and systematics
- Genera and species
- Fossil record
- References
- External links
Bowerbirds () make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate.
The family has 23 species in eight genera. These are medium to large-sized passerines, ranging from the golden bowerbird at and to the great bowerbird at and . Their diet consists mainly of fruit but may also include insects (especially for nestlings), flowers, nectar and leaves in some species. The satin and spotted bowerbirds are sometimes considered agricultural pests due to their habit of feeding on introduced fruit and vegetable crops and have occasionally been killed by affected orchardists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ptilonorhynchidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.