Sericulus

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Sericulus
Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Sericulus Swainson, 1825

The genus Sericulus of the family Ptilonorhynchidae consists of four spectacularly colored bowerbirds.

All three species build an "avenue-type" bower and are found in New Guinea and Australia.

Species[]

Image	Name	Common name	Distribution
	Sericulus aureus	Masked bowerbird	New Guinea
	Sericulus ardens	Flame bowerbird	New Guinea
	Sericulus bakeri	Fire-maned bowerbird	Papua New Guinea.
	Sericulus chrysocephalus	Regent bowerbird	eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales.

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