Sericulus
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Automated taxobox". Sericulus is a genus of brightly coloured passerine birds belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are found in New Guinea and eastern Australia.
Birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Sericulus was introduced in 1825 by the English zoologist William Swainson for the species Meliphaga chrysocephalus, the regent bowerbird, that had been formally described by John Lewin in 1808. Meliphaga chrysocephalus therefore becomes the type species by monotypy.[2][3] The genus name is a diminutive of the Ancient Greek σηρικον/sērikon meaning "silk".[4]
Species
The genus contains four species.[5]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Masked Bowerbird.jpg | Sericulus aureus | Masked bowerbird | montane Bird's Head and Neck (northwest New Guinea) to east central New Guinea |
| File:Flame Bower Bird (Sericulus ardens) (48842332516).jpg | Sericulus ardens | Flame bowerbird | south central New Guinea |
| Sericulus bakeri | Fire-maned bowerbird | Adelbert Range (northeast New Guinea) | |
| File:Sericulus chrysocephalus -Lamington NP, Queensland, Australia -male-8-4c.jpg | Sericulus chrysocephalus | Regent bowerbird | eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales |
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ericson, P.G.P.; Irestedt, M.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Christidis, L.; Joseph, L.; Qu, Y. (2020). "Parallel evolution of bower-building behavior in two groups of bowerbirds suggested by phylogenomics". Systematic Biology. 69 (5): 820–829. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa040. PMC 7440736.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Swainson, William (1825). "On the characters and natural affinities of several new birds from Australasia; including some observations on the Columbidae". Zoological Journal. 1: 463-484 [476-478].
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 177.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jobling, James A. "Sericulus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
Template:Bowerbird Template:Passeriformes Script error: No such module "Taxonbar".
_(48842332516).jpg){kind=link}
