The flame bowerbird is one of the most brilliantly coloured bowerbirds. The male is a medium-sized bird, up to 25 cm long, with flame orange and golden yellow plumage, elongated neck plumes and yellow-tipped black tail. It builds an "avenue-type" bower with two side walls of sticks. The female is an olive brown bird with yellow or golden around the stomach. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(d'Albertis, LM; Salvadori, AT 1879)
Reference:
Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova
14 p.113
Protonym:
Xanthomelus ardens
Type locality:
Upper Fly River (430 m.).
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9186385
Avibase ID:
12CE6C359D36D02C
Avibase ID:
avibase-12CE6C35
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/12CE6C35
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 835320
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2015: Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2017: Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Flame Bowerbird (Flame) ( Sericulus aureus ardens) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1] |
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Sericulus ardens [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Sericulus [aureus or ardens]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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