Regent Bowerbird

Sericulus chrysocephalus (Lewin, 1808)

Regent Bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus, is a bird of eastern Australia, found from central Queensland to New South Wales in rainforest and along its edges. It is a sexually dimorphic bowerbird, with the male showing black plumage and a golden orange-yellow crown and mantle, while the female is brown with whitish or fawn markings. The male also has a yellow bill, black feet and a yellow iris. Males construct avenue bowers and decorate them with natural items, and the female makes a twig nest away from the bower.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Ptilonorhynchidae — Bowerbirds

Breeding range

Australasia: ec QLD to ec NSW (e Australia)