Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

2 Satin Bowerbird at Hughes, ACT

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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 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
598 images trained Machine learning

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