About the Great Bowerbird
The great bowerbird is a common and conspicuous resident of northern Australia, from the area around Broome across the Top End to Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Mount Isa and Townsville. Favoured habitat is a broad range of forest and woodland, and the margins of vine forests, monsoon forest, and mangrove swamps.
Source: Wikipedia
Taxonomy & Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae) |
| Species | Chlamydera nuchalis |
| Species Codes | grebow1, GRBO |
Frequently Asked Questions
What family does the Great Bowerbird belong to?
The Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) belongs to the Bowerbirds family (Ptilonorhynchidae), in the order Passeriformes.
How can I identify the Great Bowerbird?
The great bowerbird is a common and conspicuous resident of northern Australia, from the area around Broome across the Top End to Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Mount Isa and Townsville. Favoured habitat is a broad range of forest and woodland, and the margins of vine forests, monsoon fores...
Where can I report a Great Bowerbird sighting?
You can log sightings of Great Bowerbird on eBird (ebird.org) using species code grebow1, or on iNaturalist.
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