"The flaming bowerbird (Sericulus ardens) is one of the most brilliantly colored bowerbirds. The male is a medium-sized bird, up to 25 cm long, with flame orange and golden yellow plumage, elongated neck plumes and a black tail with a yellow tip. He builds an "avenue-type" arbor with two side walls made of sticks. The female is an olive-brown bird with yellow or gold around the stomach.
The flame bowerbird is distributed and endemic to the rain forests of New Guinea . The male flame bird also has a courtship display along with its arbor, twisting its tails and wings to the side and then rapidly bobbing its head.
The flame bowerbird is rated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species."
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New Guinea beauty
a fantastic sunrise bird
rare red-yellow gem
Categories:
bowerbird, beautiful, bird,
Form: Haibun
satin blue bowerbird, serious now
needing a mate, his nest must be a wow!
showing his upper crust
something blue is a must
luckily his daddy has shown him how
Categories:
bowerbird, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Male bowerbird has a unique courting power.
Builds a bower from dried leaves and grasses.
Arranges beautiful objects in front of his bower.
Female bowerbirds tour several dwellings, swinging their asses.
When the female decides on a mate, she moves in.
Showing off her newfound pretty objects of blue.
Yes, all of the decorations put out by her new “him”
Had to be of that particular color and hue.
Categories:
bowerbird, bird,
Form: Rhyme