Regent Bowerbird — Photo: Seabamirum from Ithaca · CC BY 2.0

Regent Bowerbird

Sericulus chrysocephalus

LCLeast Concern Endemic to Australia

Family: Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
Order: Passeriformes

Overview

The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or fawn markings, grey bill, black feet and crown.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to see it

Destination guides featuring this bird

Lamington National Park

Australia Lamington National Park Subtropical rainforest with lyrebirds and bowerbirds at the lodges.

JJanuary: Poor or no data
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Poor or no data
AApril: Poor or no data
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Good
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Good

Range and habitat

Eastern Australia (Clarke-Connors Range, Gladstone to Sydney, Queensland).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Oceania

Countries

Australia

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.