2 Satin Bowerbird at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | 6 Aug 2019 | natureguy | ||
| Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | 5 Aug 2019 | JonSteinbeck |
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In the trees ahead of me and saw about three birds, including the one on the branch in the photograph. I could also hear a bird in the thicket. A bit of movement caught my attention and I saw a green bird bouncing while displaying its feathers. It had two yellow crest feathers from a Sulphur-crested cockatoo in its beak. It hopped backwards and forwards along a log off the ground before it then dropped the feathers and hopped out of sight. No birds came to its area, indeed another bird flew to a different tree. I also saw the male in its dark plumage a little distance away in the thicket. It was on the ground and appeared to have something in its beak but I could not see it clearly. This thicket has previously had a bower in it.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.103778-35.330265
- Altitude 630.3m
- Maps Federal Golf Course Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 3 Aug 2019 09:05 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Magpie or larger Other Birds Birds
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Scientific name
- Satin Bowerbird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1143.4m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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