bowerbird

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cennetkuş

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Alternative spelling of bower bird

any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

{i} bird that builds bowerlike elaborate structures and is native to New Guinea and Australia

Any of 17 bird species constituting the passerine family Ptilonorhynchidae, of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. The male builds an elaborate structure (the bower) on the ground, decorates it with bright and shiny objects, and displays and sings loudly above it; females visit him and then lay their eggs in simple nests nearby. The mat, or platform, type of bower is a thick pad of plant material. The maypole type is a hut (sometimes as large as a child's playhouse) of twigs erected around one or more saplings in a cleared court. The avenue type consists of two close-set parallel walls of sticks on a circular mat of twigs. See also catbird

İlgili Terimler

spotted bowerbird

A bowerbird widely distributed across inland Queensland and New South Wales

The bowerbird

catbird

great bowerbird

large bowerbird of northern Australia

satin bowerbird

of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light gray-green

Heceleme

bow·er·bird