Masked Bowerbird
Sericulus aureus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Masked Bowerbird
The Masked Bowerbird (Sericulus aureus) 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.
Range: lowlands and foothill forest of western New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sericulus aureus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Masked Bowerbird
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coracias aurea
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'Asia', error for Vogelkop, northwestern New Guinea (restricted type locality).
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.108
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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