Golden Bowerbird
Prionodura newtoniana
Possum Valley nr Mt.Hypipamee NP, FNE Qld IMG_1354 20201103 - male. CLICK for a second pic.
Notes: Small. Olive-green upperparts. Male: upperparts suffused golden,
golden olive-brown face,
wings; all underparts, crown, nape golden-yellow, pale buff
eye. Female: Grey underparts; shorter
tail; iris & bill darker than male. Immature
male like adult female for several years. Forages on
mostly fruits, particularly from
vines, also flowers, buds, also arthropods.
Range from Morcombe© restricted to higher-elevation rainforest.
Birthday Creek Falls, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_2938 20200818 - male on messy bower. CLICK for another view.
Possum Valley nr Mt.Hypipamee NP, FNE Qld IMG_1358 20201103 - male with white highlights on head & wing-coverts.
Mt.Hypipamee NP, FNE Qld IMG_8295 20161003 - male tending bower. CLICK to see the bower a year earlier(20151111).
Mt.Hypipamee NP, FN Qld GBB-1 20221021 - male guarding bower. CLICK for another view.
Birthday Creek Falls, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_4323 20240822 - male. CLICK for him advertising.
Mt.Hypipamee NP, FNE Qld IMG_1434 20201104 - male. CLICK for another view.
Birthday Creek Falls, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_2972+2980 20200819 - audio from second video.
Mt Lewis, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_3566 20201208
Birthday Creek Falls, Paluma NP, NE Qld IMG_4268+4274 20240822 - male actively tending bower.