Flame Bowerbird
Sericulus ardens
LCLeast Concern Endemic to New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
- Family
- Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
The flame bowerbird (Sericulus ardens) is one of the most brilliantly coloured bowerbirds. The male is a medium-sized bird, up to 25 cm long, with flame orange and golden yellow plumage, elongated neck plumes and yellow-tipped black tail. It builds an "avenue-type" bower with two side walls of sticks. The female is an olive brown bird with yellow or golden around the stomach.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Southern New Guinea (Toricelli and Prince Alexander mountains).
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Flame bowerbird
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
