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Also Known As	Ptilonorhynchidae

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A male satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) stands beside his stick bower, holding a blue plastic object in his beak, with other blue items scattered nearby.

A great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) stands at the entrance of its avenue-shaped nest made of twigs, with another bird inside, surrounded by stones and leaves.

A regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) with striking yellow and black plumage is perched on a tree trunk in the rainforest of Lamington National Park, Queensland.

Regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)

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