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Fawn breasted bowerbird

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Chlamydera

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Ptilonorhynchidae

Scientific name
  
Chlamydera cerviniventris

Rank
  
Species

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Chlamydera, Yellow‑breasted bowerbird, Bowerbird, Bird, Archbold's bowerbird

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The fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) is a medium-sized, up to 32 cm (13 in) long, bowerbird with a greyish brown spotted white plumage, a black bill, dark brown iris, yellow mouth and an orange buff below. Both sexes are similar. The female is slightly smaller than the male.

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The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird is distributed throughout New Guinea and northern Cape York Peninsula, where it inhabits the tropical forests, mangroves, savanna woodlands and forest edges. Its diet consists mainly of figs, fruits and insects. The nest is a loose cup made of small sticks up in a tree. The bower itself is that of "avenue-type" with two sides of wall of sticks and usually decorated with green-colored berries.

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A common species in its habitat range, the Fawn-breasted Bowerbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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References

Fawn-breasted bowerbird Wikipedia