Birds of Australia
Common Name: Satin Bowerbird
Scientific Name: Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
This is a female Satin Bowerbird, the male who is black (hence the name) eluded me on the day, Jiliby, Dec 2017.
This the Bowerbirds bower where all the courtship happens, the bits of blue plastic rubbish have been collected by the male to attract the females. They still build a nest in a tree for their young.
Jiliby, Dec 2017
Male Satin Bowerbird at Cooorbong NSW, Sept 2014
Male Satin Bowerbird at Cooorbong NSW, Sept 2014
Satin Bowerbird at Old Pioneer Dairy, Wyong, NSW. Feb 2014.
Satin Bowerbird female Copacabana Aug 2013
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