Great Bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
English (US) Great Bowerbird
The Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Chlamydera nuchalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Bowerbird
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Chlamydera nuchalis nuchalis
- Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
- Type locality
- Port Darwin district of Northern Territory [Designated type locality by Majn:- and Jennings (1952, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1602, p. 11)].
- Original description
- Illustrations of ornithology 2 pl.103
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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