The yellow-breasted bowerbird (''Chlamydera lauterbachi'') also known as Lauterbach's bowerbird, is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm long,

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with a brownish-olive upperparts plumage, grayish-yellow upper breast, coppery crown, dark brown

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, yellow underparts, a black

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and pinkish-orange mouth. Both sexes are similar. The female is duller than the male.

Habitat

The yellow-breasted bowerbird is distributed in mainland

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, where it inhabits the grasslands, lowlands, and subtropical mountain forests. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, caterpillars, beetles, and other insects. The nest is a shallow cup made of small sticks up in a tree. The bower itself is that of ''"avenue"''-type with four walls of sticks and an outward-angled main avenue walls. The scientific name commemorates its discoverer, the

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botanist Carl Lauterbach. He discovered this bowerbird in 1896. Widespread and a common species throughout its habitat range, the yellow-breasted bowerbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the

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of Threatened Species.

References

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet

yellow-breasted bowerbird The yellow-breasted bowerbird (''Chlamydera lauterbachi'') also known as Lauterbach's bowerbird, is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm long, bowerbird with a brownish-olive upperparts plumage, grayish-yellow upper breast, coppery crown, da ...

Birds of New Guinea

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