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The satin bowerbird is the longest-lived passerine with anything approaching high-quality banding data: it is estimated that the average lifespan of the species is around eight or nine years, while the record longevity in the wild of twenty-six years is the greatest for any banded passerine.
Male satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), for example, have lush, velvet blue plumage, while flame bowerbirds flaunt fiery yellow and orange feathers. Some bowerbirds sport brilliant ...
Bowerbirds as a group have the longest life expectancy of any passerine family with significant banding studies. 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]
The specimen was described as being in adult male plumage, mainly the glossy blue-black colouring of the adult male satin bowerbird, but with a conspicuous and extensive yellow wing patch, yellow tipping to some tail feathers, with a paler iris colour than the satin bowerbird, and intermediate in size between the two putative parent species.
Satin bowerbird; T. Tooth-billed bowerbird This page was last edited on 20 April 2020, at 22:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Juveniles are said to 'ripen' as they get older and turn from green to red. All races have blue cheeks and black-scalloped blue-margined wings and predominantly blue tail with predominantly red coloration. The crimson rosella's blue tail feathers are one of the favourite decorations of the satin bowerbird. The bill is pale grey and the iris ...
As opposed to other species of bowerbirds, such as the satin bowerbird, there is no fixed preference for items of a certain colour, more important being the "novelty value" of the items instead, which can lead to fashion-like trends if males find rare or unusual items; such rare finds are prime targets for theft by neighboring males. Females ...
Sanford's bowerbird (Archboldia sanfordi) is a subspecies of the Archbold's bowerbird. [1] The Sanford's bowerbird is a black bowerbird with a reddish-brown iris , grey feet and black bill . The male has a golden crest extending from forehead, blackish wing and long tail.