Yellow-and-black Bowerbirds
Sericulus
Sericulus is a genus of brightly coloured passerine birds belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are found in New Guinea and eastern Australia.
Birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Regent Bowerbird
speciesSericulus chrysocephalus
Masked Bowerbird
speciesSericulus aureus
Flame Bowerbird
speciesSericulus ardens
Fire-maned Bowerbird
speciesSericulus bakeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14542.