Satin Bowerbird Gallery

Male Satin Bowerbird

Satin Bowerbird males are all blue in order to attract as many mates as possible. They create an elaborate bower and draw in the females with a complex song involving mimacry. Once they mate that's it, the male has nothing to do with with offspring

1030878558, D850

Satin Bowerbird - male adult stands in front of its beautiful decorated Bower

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Satin Bowerbird - male adult stands in front of its beautiful decorated Bower.
Lamington National Park, Central Eastern Australian Rainforest World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
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Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) adult male, collecting blue plastic objects to decorate bower, Green Mountain, Lamington N.P., Queensland, Australia, October

© of: FLPA/Gianpiero Ferrari

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