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Great Bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ 1830)
The great bowerbird 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. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:
Chlamydera
Scientific:
Chlamydera nuchalis
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:
Chlamydera
Scientific:
Chlamydera nuchalis
Original description
Citation:
(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ 1830)
Reference:
Ill. Orn.
2 pl.103
Protonym:
Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
Type locality:
Port Darwin district of Northern Territory [Designated type locality by Majn:- and Jennings (1952, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1602, p. 11)].
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122924#page/311/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
0F4DA8F3F7DEB379
Avibase ID:
avibase-0F4DA8F3
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0F4DA8F3
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559197
Geographic range:
- Chlamydera nuchalis: northern Australia
- Chlamydera nuchalis nuchalis: northern Australia (Broome, Western Australia to far northwestern Queensland)
- Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis: northern Queensland (Cape York Peninsula southward to Clark Range)
Source: Clements checklist
Great Bowerbird
Catalan:
arquer gros
Czech:
lemčík velký
Danish:
Stor Løvhyttefugl
German:
Graulaubenvogel
Spanish:
Pergolero Grande
Spanish (Spain):
Pergolero Grande
Finnish:
isohelmilavastaja
French:
Jardinier à nuque rose
Croatian:
velika vrtlarica
Hungarian:
mályvapártás lugasépítő
Italian:
Uccello giardiniere maggiore
Japanese (romaji):
ooniwashidori
Japanese:
オオニワシドリ
Lithuanian:
Didžioji chlamidera
Dutch:
Grijze Prieelvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grågartnar
Norwegian:
Grågartner
Polish:
jedwabnica szara
Portuguese:
Pássaro-arquiteto-cinza
Portuguese (Portugal):
jardineiro-grande
Russian:
Большой беседочник
Slovak:
šiatorník sivý
Serbian:
Velika baštovanka
Swedish:
större lövsalsfågel
Ukrainian:
Ойсея велика
Chinese:
大亭鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
大園丁鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Great Bowerbird ( Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Jardinier à nuque rose ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Jardinier à nuque rose ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Great Gray Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Great Gray Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Great Grey Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Great Grey Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Chlamydera nuchalis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Chlamydera nuchalis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Chlamydera nuchalis [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Great Bowerbird ( Chlamydera nuchalis) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chlamydera nuchalis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Chlamydera nuchalis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: arquer gros
Czech: Lemcík velký, lemčík velký
Danish: Stor kragefugl, Stor Løvhyttefugl
German: Graulaubenvogel, Grau-Laubenvogel
English: Great Bowerbird, Great Gray Bowerbird, Great Grey Bowerbird, Grest Gray bowerbird, Grest grey bowerbird
English, HBW: Great Bowerbird
English (IOC): Great Bowerbird
English (United States): Great Bowerbird
Spanish: Capulinero Grande Gris, Pergolero Grande
Spanish (Spain): Pergolero Grande
Spanish (HBW): Great Bowerbird
Estonian: suur-lehtlalind
Finnish: Isohelmilavastaja
French: Jardinier à nuque rose, Oiseau-berceau à collier
Croatian: velika vrtlarica
Hungarian: mályvapártás lugasépítő
Italian: Grande giardiniere grigio, Uccello giardiniere maggiore
Japanese (romaji): ooniwashidori
Japanese: オオニワシドリ
Scientific: Chlamydera nuchalis, Chlamydera nuchalis nuchalis, Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
Lithuanian: Didžioji chlamidera
Dutch: Grijze Prieelvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grågartnar
Norwegian: Grågartner
Polish: jedwabnica szara
Portuguese: Pássaro-arquiteto-cinza
Portuguese (Portugal): jardineiro-grande
Russian: большая беседковая птица, Большой беседочник, Большой серый шалашник
Slovak: Éiatorník sivý, šiatorník sivý
Serbian: Velika baštovanka
Swedish: Större lövsalsfågel
Turkish: Gri Çardakkuşu
Ukrainian: Ойсея велика
Chinese: 大亭鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 大園丁鳥
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