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Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Male Silk Bowerbird is black with blue eyes and in the light its feathers have a blue metallic sheen. Males use sticks to build the bowers and decorate them with shiny coloured objects to attract females. This particular one seems to have a preference for blue.
Endemic to Australia
Spotted on Sep 24, 2011
Submitted on Sep 24, 2011
12 Comments
Spectacular bird... This bird is collecting everything from the ground on same color !!! Magic !!
Amazing!
Hope he can atract a female!
I think this is my favorite PN spotting of all time.
Thanks CataAna! I think this is the first bower in the Animal Architecture mission!
Thank you Ava T-B, added to the animal architecture mission
Please consider putting this wonderful bower into the animal architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082... !
one of my favourite birds
Here's an interesting article on how the males benefit from constructing bowers: http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/storie...
Beautiful shot! What wonderful artists Bower birds are!
Amazing...
Wow. Great spotting.
Nice info and a superb pic.