Fire-maned bowerbird

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 the Adelbert Range in Papua New Guinea.[2] 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.

Fire-maned bowerbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus: Sericulus
Species:
S. bakeri
Binomial name
Sericulus bakeri
(Chapin, 1929)
Synonyms

Adelbert Regent bowerbird
Adelbert bowerbird

Its diet consists mainly of figs, ants and insects. The bower itself is that of "avenue"-type with two sides of wall of sticks.

The fire-maned bowerbird was discovered in 1928 by Rollo Beck. The female was unknown to science until 1959.

Due to ongoing habitat loss and limited range, the fire-maned bowerbird is evaluated as near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Sericulus bakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22703671A117100558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22703671A117100558.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Diamond, Jared; Bishop, K. David (9 March 2021). "Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains' only endemic bird species?". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 141 (1): 75-108. doi:10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a8. S2CID 232144184.
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