Regent Bowerbird
Sericulus chrysocephalus(Lewin, JW, 1808)
English (US) Regent Bowerbird
The Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) 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: eastern Australia (Clarke-Connors Range, Gladstone to Sydney, Queensland)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sericulus chrysocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Regent Bowerbird
- Described by
- (Lewin, JW, 1808)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Meliphaga chrysocephala
- Described by
- (Lewin, JW, 1808)
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Birds of New Holland, with their natural history p.10 pl.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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