Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana)
About the Golden Bowerbird
The golden bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) is a species of passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. It is endemic to Queensland in Australia, where it is limited to the Atherton region. The golden bowerbird was formally described in 1883 by the English zoologist Charles Walter De Vis based on a specimen collected by Kendall Broadbent near the Tully River in North Queensland, Australia. De Vis introduced a new genus Prionodura for the species and coined the binomial name Prionodura newtoniana. The genus name combined the Ancient Greek πριονωδης/prionōdēs meaning "serrated" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail". The specific epithet newtoniana was chosen to honour the English ornithologist Alfred Newton. The golden bowerbird is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 17 recordings for this species: 13 CC BY-NC-ND · 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Australia in the xeno-canto catalogue.