chlamydera nuchalis

[Dave Paprocki]

large bowerbird of northern Australia

[AterasDema 0]

The great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) is a common and conspicuous resident of northern Australia, from the area around Broome across the Top End to Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Mount Isa. Favoured habitat is a broad range of forest and woodland, and the margins of vine forests, monsoon forest, and mangrove swamps.
As with most members of the bowerbird family, breeding considerations dominate the lifecycle: females nest inconspicuously and raise their young alone, while the males spend most of the year building, maintaining, improving, defending, and above all displaying from their bowers. Only a male with a successful bower can attract mates.The great bowerbird is the largest of the bowerbird family and is 33 to 38 cm long and fawny grey in colour. Males have a small but conspicuous pink crest on the nape of the neck.

[Becky]

The Chlamydera nuchalis, commonly called the Great Bowerbird, is a species of bird found in Australia. It belongs to the Ptilonorhynchidae family and is known for its characteristic behavior of constructing intricate structures, or bowers. Males build these bowers to attract females thus its part of their courtship behavior. The bird is characterized by its grey or olive color and a distinctive crest on the back of its neck.