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Flame Bowerbird

Sericulus ardens (d'Albertis, LM; Salvadori, AT 1879)

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

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:
   Sericulus
Scientific:
  Sericulus ardens


Original description

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 identifiers

Avibase ID:
  12CE6C359D36D02C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-12CE6C35

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/12CE6C35


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 835320

Geographic range:

  • Sericulus ardens: southern New Guinea (Toricelli and Prince Alexander mountains)
English:
Flame Bowerbird
Catalan:
arquer flamíger
Danish:
Maskeløvhyttefugl
German:
Flammenlaubenvogel
Spanish:
Pergolero Flamígero
Spanish (Spain):
Pergolero flamígero
Finnish:
tulihuntulavastaja
French:
Jardinier ardent
Croatian:
zlatna vrtlarica
Japanese:
オウゴンフウチョウモドキ (ardens)
Lithuanian:
Rausvasis auksinis palapinukas
Dutch:
Oranje Prieelvogel
Norwegian:
flammegartner (ardens)
Polish:
altannik ognisty
Portuguese:
perguleiro-ardente
Portuguese (Portugal):
jardineiro-flamejante
Russian:
Огненный шалашник
Slovak:
šiatorník ohnivý
Serbian:
Plamena baštovanka
Swedish:
flamlövsalsfågel
Ukrainian:
Альтанник вогнистоголовий
Chinese:
火红辉亭鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
鮮紅別墅鳥


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]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
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]
eBird version 1.53:
Flame Bowerbird (Flame) ( Sericulus aureus ardens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
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]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Sericulus aureus ardens [version 1]
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:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Flame Bowerbird ( Sericulus ardens) [version 1]
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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Catalan: arquer flamíger
Danish: Maskeløvhyttefugl
German: Flammenlaubenvogel
English: Flame Bowerbird, Flame Bowerbird (Flame), Southern Flame Bowerbird
English, HBW: Flame Bowerbird
English (IOC): Flame Bowerbird
English (United States): Flame Bowerbird
Spanish: Pergolero Flamígero, Pergolero Flamígero (ardens)
Spanish (Spain): Pergolero flamígero, Pergolero Flamígero (ardens)
Spanish (HBW): Flame Bowerbird (Flame)
Estonian: leek-lehtlalind
Finnish: tulihuntulavastaja
French: Jardinier ardent, Jardinier du Prince d'Orange (ardens), Jardinier du Prince d'Orange (ardent), Jardinier flamboyant
Croatian: zlatna vrtlarica
Indonesian: Namdur Api
Japanese (romaji): ougonfuuchoumodoki (ardens)
Japanese: オウゴンフウチョウモドキ (ardens)
Scientific: Sericulus ardens, Sericulus aureus ardens, Xanthomelus ardens
Lithuanian: Rausvasis auksinis palapinukas
Dutch: Oranje Prieelvogel, Oranje Prieelvogel (ardens)
Norwegian: flammegartner (ardens)
Polish: altannik ognisty, Altannik złotokryzy, altannik zóltoskrzydly, altannik żółtoskrzydły
Portuguese: perguleiro-ardente
Portuguese (Portugal): jardineiro-flamejante
Russian: Огненный шалашник
Slovak: šiatorník ohnivý
Serbian: Plamena baštovanka, Plamena baštovanka (ardens)
Swedish: flamlövsalsfågel
Turkish: Alev başlı çardakkuşu, Kara Yüzlü Altın Çardakkuşu (ardens)
Ukrainian: Альтанник вогнистоголовий
Chinese: 火红辉亭鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鮮紅別墅鳥

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