Satin bowerbird

Satin bowerbird
Male at bower
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus: Ptilonorhynchus
Kuhl, 1820
Species:
P. violaceus
Binomial name
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
(Vieillot, 1816)

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

A rare natural intergeneric hybrid between the satin bowerbird and the regent bowerbird is known as Rawnsley's bowerbird.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ptilonorhynchus violaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22703679A130219832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22703679A130219832.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.