BirdUp · Species
Regent Bowerbird
Sericulus chrysocephalus(Lewin, 1808)
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Ptilonorhynchidae
- Genus
- Sericulus
At a glance
The Regent Bowerbird is a medium-sized bird, about 25–30 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 25–30 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Regent Bowerbird look like?
The Regent Bowerbird is a medium-sized bird, about 25–30 cm long and weighing 74–134 g.
The regent bowerbird is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or fawn markings, grey bill, black feet and crown. The name commemorates a prince regent of the United Kingdom.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Regent Bowerbird?
The Regent Bowerbird is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Regent Bowerbird eat?
The Regent Bowerbird feeds on fruit, nectar/pollen, seeds, foliage/herbs and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks or alone.
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