Chlamydera

Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.

The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.

Taxonomy

The genus Chlamydera was introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate Calodera maculata Gould, the spotted bowerbird, which is therefore the type species by monotypy. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χλαμυς/khlamus meaning "short cloak" with δερα/dera meaning "neck".

Species

The genus contains five species:

• Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
• Western bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
• Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
• Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)
• Spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)

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