Chlamydera
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Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.
The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Chlamydera was introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate Calodera maculata Gould, the spotted bowerbird, which is therefore the type species by monotypy.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χλαμυς/khlamus meaning "short cloak" with δερα/dera meaning "neck".[4]
Species
The genus contains five species:[5]
- Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
- Western bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
- Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
- Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)
- Spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)
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