Sericulus

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Sericulus

Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Sericulus Swainson, 1825

The genus Sericulus of the family Ptilonorhynchidae consists of three spectacularly colored bowerbirds.

All three species build an "avenue-type" bower and are found in New Guinea and Australia.

Species

Genus	Species

Ailuroedus	White-eared Catbird (A. buccoides) Spotted Catbird (A. melanotis) Green Catbird (A. crassirostris)

Scenopooetes	Tooth-billed Catbird (S. dentirostris)

Archboldia	Archbold's Bowerbird (A. papuensis) Sanford's Bowerbird (A. sanfordi)

Amblyornis	Vogelkop Bowerbird (A. inornata) Macgregor's Bowerbird (A. macgregoriae) Streaked Bowerbird (A. subalaris) Golden-fronted Bowerbird (A. flavifrons)

Prionodura	Golden Bowerbird (P. newtoniana)

Sericulus	Flame Bowerbird (S. aureus) Fire-maned Bowerbird (S. bakeri) Regent Bowerbird (S. chrysocephalus)

Ptilonorhynchus	Satin Bowerbird (P. violaceus)

Chlamydera	Western Bowerbird (C. guttata) Spotted Bowerbird (P. maculatus) Great Bowerbird (C. nuchalis) Yellow-breasted Bowerbird (C. lauterbachi) Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (C. cerviniventris)

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