Regent Bowerbird
Sericulus chrysocephalus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The regent bowerbird 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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Ptilonorhynchidae
- Genus
- Sericulus