How To Use Bowerbird In A Sentence
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Birds of paradise (Paradisaeidae) and bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae): regional levels of biodiversity and terrane tectonics in New Guinea.
Archive 2006-03-01
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For one thing, her grandmother was an antiques dealer, a collector, a bowerbird of the human species.
The Forgotten Garden
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Some classic examples are Egyptian vultures, New Caledonian crows and bowerbirds.
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Donald, a Macgregor's bowerbird, lives in the dark woods of the Adelbert Range of Papua New Guinea. Here, atop a mossy platform and around a young sapling, he has woven his spire of sticks and twigs.
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The discussion of the evolution of bowers and bower decorations deserves special attention, because these are the signature traits of the bowerbirds.
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Fortunately for the young female bowerbirds, good decorating skills correlate with high energy - so both young and old females tend to mate with the same group of top males.
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In the present study, we measure infection of the ectoparasitic louse, Myrsidea ptilonorhynchi, in individual male satin bowerbirds both as juveniles and nine or more years later as adults.
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For example, several species of birds such as bowerbirds, widowbirds, cock-of-the-rocks, birds of paradise, peacock-pheasants, and manakins build or clear courts used as arenas during elaborate courtship displays to females.
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These include northern logrunner or chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii, little treecreeper Climacteris minor, Atherton scrubwren Sericornis keri, Australian fernwren Crateroscelis gutturalis, mountain thornbill Acanthiza katherina, bridled honeyeater Lichenostomus frenatus, Bower's shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha, tooth-billed catbird Ailuroedus dentirostris and golden bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana.
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia
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Male bowerbirds famously woo females by fashioning elaborate bowers - not nests but U-shaped showplaces with parallel walls of twigs.
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Startled female bowerbirds often hop out of the bower away from the male.
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Male bowerbirds construct elaborately decorated bowers (which are not nests, but courtship arenas) and females prefer builders of higher quality bowers as mates.
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The male bowerbirds courted the robotic female much as they would a real bird.
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Studies by a scientist at the University of Maryland show that male bowerbirds modify their courtship rituals based on the females' body language.
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Whistling bowerbirds and whip-cracking riflebirds complement parrots and honeyeaters.
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For the new study, he considered the region's 65 endemic rain forest species, including ring-tail possums, the golden bowerbird, and microhylid frogs, which skip the tadpole stage.
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Satin bowerbird courtship involves behavioral displays by males, which may be both beneficial and costly for females, and may favor female signaling.
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The bird spends hours carefully sorting and arranging his collection, with each object in a specific place; if an object is moved while the bowerbird is away he will put it back in its place.
Archive 2008-08-01
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Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus.
Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
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Our findings support the multiple messages hypothesis of multicomponent signals: Female satin bowerbirds should assess both male and bower features to choose the highest quality mates.
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Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus.
Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
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All adds up to less for more $, and attracting more bowerbird-types to Portland.
Portland's fake New York quest continues (Jack Bog's Blog)
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Male bowerbirds famously woo females by fashioning elaborate bowers - not nests but U-shaped showplaces with parallel walls of twigs.
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Once acquired they must be guarded against other jealous male bowerbirds anxious to steal them for their own bowers.
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As in other bowerbirds, the male builds an elaborate bower of twigs and ferns and therein tries to seduce females.
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The Scandinavian test may have documented an underwater version of the bowerbird strategy, in which females go for the glitter to find the best guy.
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Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus.
Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
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Some bowerbirds are bright and showy, but others are drab and excite their females with elaborate shelters instead.
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This louse is the only common parasite on satin bowerbirds, and it is found mainly around the head and eyes where birds cannot easily preen.
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When Mr. Nag and I were first mating I likened his behaviour to that of the bowerbird.
Archive 2008-08-01
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Female bowerbirds, for example, choose mates based on the aesthetics of their mating dance.
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Whistling bowerbirds and whip-cracking riflebirds complement parrots and honeyeaters.
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The regent bowerbird is enjoying his morning shower 50 metres up in the top of the quandong, meticulously grooming each gleaming feather.
Australian floods: Why were we so surprised?
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The bowerbirds represent one of the high points of avian evolution and as such they deserve a book that fully captures the wonder of their fantastic natural history.
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A new study finds that a young, inexperienced, female bowerbird judges a male by the manner in which he decorates his bachelor pad.
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A male satin bowerbird stands proudly in front of his avenue-style bower - basically a bachelor pad built to impress visiting females.
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Other species include the well-known gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum, glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami, superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, crimson rosella Platycercus elegans, kookaburra Dacelo gigas, and satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus.
Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
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The bowerbird, for example, the female stands around and watches the male build this fabulous nest that's completely useless.
Can't Get A Date? Maybe It's Your Dance Moves
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Elsewhere in the valley you might see other birds as fantastic as their names: gang-gangs, king parrots, satin bowerbirds, laughing kookaburras, and lyre-birds that dance in clearings with tails fanned out like peacocks.
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A human bowerbird, who or what could he invite with the display?
Beautifully Arranged
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Say it with bowers: if male bowerbirds build it, females will come.
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Found only on the large island of New Guinea and in Australia, bowerbirds comprise nineteen species.
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Elsewhere in the valley you might see other birds as fantastic as their names: gang-gangs, king parrots, satin bowerbirds, laughing kookaburras, and lyre-birds that dance in clearings with tails fanned out like peacocks.
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When male spotted bowerbirds collect sticks and other doodads to wow females, these natural interior decorators don't search for the rare showpiece, according to a new study.
