Chlamydera

Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.

Chlamydera
Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Chlamydera Gould, 1837
Type species
Calodera maculata Gould, 1837

The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Chlamydera was introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate Calodera maculata Gould, the spotted bowerbird, which is therefore the type species by monotypy.^[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χλαμυς/khlamus meaning "short cloak" with δερα/dera meaning "neck".^[4]

Species

The genus contains five species:^[5]

• Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
• Western bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
• Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
• Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)
• Spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)