Fire-maned bowerbird

(Sericulus bakeri)

Description

The fire-maned bowerbird (Sericulus bakeri) is a medium-sized,approximately 27 cm (11 in) long,bowerbird that inhabits and endemic to the forests of Adelbert Mountains in Papua New Guinea.The striking male is black with fiery orange crown and upperback,elongated neck plumes,yellow iris and golden yellow wing patch.The female is a brown bird with brown-barred whitish underparts.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:Sericulus
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