| Fire-maned bowerbird | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Ptilonorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Sericulus |
| Species: | S. bakeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sericulus bakeri (Chapin, 1929) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Adelbert Regent bowerbird | |
The fire-maned bowerbird (Sericulus bakeri) is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm (11 in) long, bowerbird that inhabits and endemic to the forests of the Adelbert Range in Papua New Guinea. The striking male is black with fiery orange crown and upperback, elongated neck plumes, yellow iris and golden yellow wing patch. The female is a brown bird with brown-barred whitish underparts.
Its diet consists mainly of figs, ants and insects. The bower itself is that of "avenue"-type with two sides of wall of sticks.
The fire-maned bowerbird was discovered in 1928 by Rollo Beck. The female was unknown to science until 1959.
Due to ongoing habitat loss and limited range, the fire-maned bowerbird is evaluated as near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
References
- BirdLife International (2017). "Sericulus bakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22703671A117100558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22703671A117100558.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- Diamond, Jared; Bishop, K. David (9 March 2021). "Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains' only endemic bird species?". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 141 (1): 75-108. doi:10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a8. S2CID 232144184.
External links
- BirdLife species factsheet for Sericulus bakeri
- "Sericulus bakeri". Avibase.
- "Adelbert Bowerbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Adelbert Regent bowerbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Sericulus bakeri at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Fire-maned bowerbird on Xeno-canto.
| Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds) | |
|---|---|
| Ailuroedus |
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| Scenopoeetes | |
| Archboldia | |
| Amblyornis | |
| Prionodura | |
| Sericulus | |
| Ptilonorhynchus | |
| Chlamydera | |
| Hybrid: Rawnsley's bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus x Sericulus chrysocephalus) | |