Sentences with phrase «spotted bowerbird»

A typically decorated bower of the spotted bowerbird and a male inspecting his nifty billwork (inset).

Joah Madden of the University of Cambridge, U.K., and his colleagues examined bowers built by the spotted bowerbird, Chlamydera maculatain Taunton National Park in Queensland, Australia, and found local preferences for particular bower ornaments.

Differences in bower decoration within a single population of spotted bowerbirds come about because of local traditions, a new study finds, demonstrating a type of social learning rarely seen outside of primates.

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Birdwatch for Victoria rifle birds, spotted cat birds, tooth billed bowerbirds and many other native birds.