Fire-maned Bowerbird
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| Sericulus bakeri Chapin, 1929 |
The Fire-maned Bowerbird, Sericulus bakeri is a medium-sized, up to 27cm long, bowerbird that inhabits and endemic to the forests of Adelbert Mountains 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.
This beautiful bird was discovered in 1928 by Rollo Beck. The female is unknown to science until 1959.
Due to ongoing habitat lost and limited range gives the Fire-maned Bowerbird its Vulnerable status on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Sericulus bakeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 1 November 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
