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The Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata), also known as the Vogelkop gardener bowerbird, is a medium-sized beautiful bowerbird of the mountains of West Papua ...
The Bird's Head Peninsula (Indonesian: Kepala Burung, Dutch: Vogelkop, meaning Bird's Head in Indonesian and Dutch) or Doberai Peninsula (Semenanjung Doberai) is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces of Southwest Papua and West Papua. It is often referred to as The ...
Golden-fronted bowerbird: Foja Mountains in the Papua province of Indonesia. Amblyornis macgregoriae: MacGregor's bowerbird: New Guinea Amblyornis germanus: Huon bowerbird: New Guinea Amblyornis subalaris: Streaked bowerbird: southeastern New Guinea Amblyornis inornata: Vogelkop bowerbird: Vogelkop Peninsula at Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
The two most studied species, the green catbird and satin bowerbird, have life expectancies of around eight to ten years [10] and one satin bowerbird has been known to live for twenty-six years. [11] For comparison, the common raven, the heaviest passerine species with significant banding records, has not been known to live longer than 21 years ...
Over 50% of these forests are located within protected areas. There are over 300 bird species on the peninsula, of which at least 20 are unique to the ecoregion, and some live only in very restricted areas. These include the grey-banded munia, Vogelkop bowerbird, and the king bird-of-paradise. [21]
The Arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus) is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found in the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula in western New Guinea.. This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the spotted catbird before being reclassified as a distinct species in 2016.
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The ecoregion includes the montane forests above 1000 meters elevation on the Bird's Head (also known as Vogelkop) and Bomberai peninsulas. The largest area is in the Arfak Mountains and Tamrau Mountains on the Bird's Head Peninsula, with smaller areas in the Fakfak and Kumawa mountains on the western Bomberai Peninsula, and the mountains of the eastern Wandammen Peninsula on Cenderawasih Bay.