Regent Bowerbird
Sericulus chrysocephalus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,840
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or fawn markings, grey bill, black feet and crown. The name commemorates a prince regent of the United Kingdom.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Regent bowerbird”.