PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae

Chlamydera cerviniventris  

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
click photo for larger image
© Geoff Walker 2013
Portland Roads, QLD (Aug, 2013)

Our guide, Klaus Uhlenhut, had discovered a new bower of the Fawn-breasted Bowerbird and we staked it out one morning hoping to see this elusive bird.

We were rewarded with fabulous views of this secretive bowerbird.

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Bower

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird