Satin Bowerbird: Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
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Description: Factsheet with photographs of the quite dis-similar male and female birds.
Museum Victoria [Forest Secrets] Animals Source - Gary Lewis Photography Pty. Ltd Source - Gary Lewis Photography Pty. Ltd The dark glossy-blue male Satin Bowerbird attracts potential mates by building a bower of twigs and grass. He decorates the bower with blue and yellow objects - feathers, shells, glass, berries and uses them to display to females.
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