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Chlamydera nuchalis
Size: 34-38cm. The Great Bowerbird is a large greyish bird with dark bill. The upper parts are fawn grey with darker markings on top of head. The wings are brown with white markings on the feathers. The male has a lilac crest on back of neck, but this is usually only seen when it displays for a female. The male builds a large bower under a shrub or leafy branch. It is a platform of twigs with an avenue of twigs about a metre long and 45cm high. At each end of the bower it makes a display area scattered with white stones, bones, shells and leaves.
Parkland
Food: fruit, berries, insects Breeding: The nest is a saucer of twigs lined with leaves. Lays 1-2 oval grey-green eggs speckled and streaked with brownish marks.
Spotted on Oct 15, 2017
Submitted on Nov 8, 2017
15 Comments
Congratulations, Mac. A great spotting of this amazing bird.
Thanks to all for your comments on this spotting
A + : An aesthetic avian architect. Lucky you to have gotten to see it. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Congrats, MacChristiansen! What an extraordinary bird.
Congratulations on your SOTW Mark.
Well deserved SOTW Mark.. congrats.
Congratulations for the great SOTW.
Congratulations Mark, this fantastic series has been voted Spotting of the Week!
"This Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) with his amazing bower has been voted Spotting of the Week! The Great Bowerbird is the largest of the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae), birds from the Austro-Papuan region renowned for their unique courtship behavior and for the bower-like structures built by males and decorated with sticks and brightly colored objects in order to attract a mate. The great bowerbird's spectacular bower is made of two parallel walls of interwoven sticks. It is decorated with a wide variety of objects placed at each entrance which include stones, snail shells, bones, as well as green fruits, leaves, and even colorful man-made objects. The Project Noah rangers team praised this spotting for its completeness and careful documentation of the bower with the bird in attendance".
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Wonderful shots with the bower!
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated Mark!
Superb spotting Mark.
Beautiful, wonderful spotting!
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Very interesting!
Great series Mark.