Great Bowerbird
英文名：Great Bowerbird（学名：Chlamydera nuchalis），是雀形目园丁鸟科的鸟类。34–38厘米。大型淡黄灰色园丁鸟，后颈具可竖起的粉色羽冠；上体灰褐色，密布灰白色鳞状斑；尾端略白。雌鸟：较小，色较浅；常无羽冠。未成年鸟：似雌鸟。单独或结小群活动：活跃、好奇；在地面和枝间跳跃前行。飞行呈明显波浪状，双翅猛然前伸，翼尖上翘。雄鸟在远离求偶亭处炫耀；半展双翅，做“屈膝”动作。在求偶亭处，伸展身体；嘴中衔物；发出滴答声、嘶嘶声；低头、抽动，羽冠张开。奔跑跳跃，抖松羽毛，翘起尾羽。求偶亭：最大的通道型；位于灌丛、多叶枝条下；细枝铺成的平台上，两道拱形墙长60–120厘米，约高45厘米，通道宽约15厘米；饰以骨头、贝壳、石块、浅色树叶、花朵、绿色果实、红色物品、玻璃、钉子、弹壳。
Great Bowerbird
34-38 cm. Large, fawn-grey bowerbird with erectile pink crest on nape; upperparts grey-brown, heavily scalloped grey-white; tail tipped whitish. Female: smaller, paler; often lacks crest. Immature: like female. Singles, small flocks: active, inquisitive; bounds on ground and between branches. Flight strongly undulating, wings abruptly out-thrust, tips upswept. Male displays away from bower; half-spreads wings, with 'knee-bends'. At bower, stretches; holds object in bill; ticks, hisses; head lowered, jerked, crest expanded. Runs/bounds, ruffles feathers, cocks tail. Bower: largest avenue-type; under shrub, leafy branch; platform of twigs, with two arched walls 60-120 cm long, c. 45 cm high, form avenue c. 15 cm wide; with bones, shells, stones, pale leaves, flowers, green fruits, red objects, glass, nails, cartridge-cases.
- Similar Species
- Spotted Bowerbird.
- Voice
- whistles, chatterings, explosive hisses; mimicry; harsh alarm churr.
- Habitat
- drier woodlands, scrubs/thickets; near water; outer urban areas, parks, gardens.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Feb.
- Nest
- saucer of twigs; lined with leaves, finer twigs; to c. 5 m in open tree.
- Eggs
- 1-2; oval; grey-green with blackish brown, purplish squiggles.
- Range & Status
- from c. Broome (WA) through Kimberley, Top End (NT) s. to c. Elliott; Gulf coast s. to Nicholson, O'Shannassy, upper Flinders Rs.; occasional s. to Mt Isa (Q); C. York Pen., coastally s. to near Mackay. Vagrant s. NT; ne. NSW. Common. Sedentary.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Chlamydera nuchalis nuchalis 2. Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis
