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Satin bowerbird

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The satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) is a bowerbird endemic to eastern Australia. [1]

31 relations: Acacia, Animal, Australia, Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, Bird, Bird ringing, Bowerbird, Chordate, Cinnamomum camphora, Courtship, Eucalyptus, Frugivore, Green catbird, Heinrich Kuhl, Hybrid (biology), Introduced species, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Mate choice, Nature (journal), Pardalote, Passerine, Privet, Queensland, Rawnsley's bowerbird, Regent bowerbird, Sclerophyll, Shrikethrush, Spotted catbird, Victoria (Australia), Weed, Wet Tropics of Queensland.

Acacia

Acacia, commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme

The Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS), a combination of the former Australian bird banding and bat banding schemes, is managed by the Department of the Environment, Australia.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bird ringing

Bird ringing or bird banding is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification.

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Bowerbird

Bowerbirds make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Cinnamomum camphora

Cinnamomum camphora (commonly known as camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel) is a large evergreen tree that grows up to tall.

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Courtship

Courtship is the period of development towards an intimate relationship wherein people (usually a couple) get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other romantic arrangement.

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus L'Héritier 1789 (plural eucalypti, eucalyptuses or eucalypts) is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs (including a distinct group with a multiple-stem mallee growth habit) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.

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Frugivore

A frugivore is a fruit eater.

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Green catbird

The green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) is a species of bowerbird found in subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales.

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Heinrich Kuhl

Heinrich Kuhl (September 17, 1797 – September 14, 1821) was a German naturalist and zoologist.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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Introduced species

An introduced species (alien species, exotic species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species) is a species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental.

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Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot

Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748, Yvetot – August 24, 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen) was a French ornithologist.

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Mate choice

Mate choice, also known as intersexual selection, is an evolutionary process in which selection is dependent on the attractiveness of an individual's phenotypic traits.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869.

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Pardalote

Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Privet

A privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Rawnsley's bowerbird

Rawnsley's bowerbird, also known as Rawnsley's satin bird or the blue regent, is a rare intergeneric hybrid between a satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) and a regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus).

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Regent bowerbird

The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird.

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Sclerophyll

Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that has hard leaves, short internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation parallel or oblique to direct sunlight.

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Shrikethrush

A shrikethrush, also spelt shrike-thrush, is any one of five species of songbird that is a member of the genus Colluricincla.

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Spotted catbird

The spotted catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus) is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found in north Queensland, the eastern Moluccas and New Guinea.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Weed

A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place".

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Wet Tropics of Queensland

The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km² of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satin_bowerbird

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