Chlamydera

Chlamydera
	Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus:	Chlamydera; Gould, 1837
Type species
	Calodera maculata; Gould, 1837

Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.

The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.¹

Taxonomy

The genus Chlamydera was introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate Calodera maculata Gould, the spotted bowerbird, which is therefore the type species by monotypy.²³ The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χλαμυς/khlamus meaning "short cloak" with δερα/dera meaning "neck".⁴

Species

The genus contains five species:⁵

Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
Western bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)
Spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)

References

Ericson, P.G.P.; Irestedt, M.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Christidis, L.; Joseph, L.; Qu, Y. (2020). "Parallel evolution of bower-building behavior in two groups of bowerbirds suggested by phylogenomics". Systematic Biology. 69 (5): 820–829. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa040. PMC 7440736.
Gould, John (1837). The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands. Vol. 1. London: self. Plate 3 text, footnote. No plate or page numbers.
Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 179.
Jobling, James A. "Chlamydera". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

[1] Ericson, P.G.P.; Irestedt, M.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Christidis, L.; Joseph, L.; Qu, Y. (2020). "Parallel evolution of bower-building behavior in two groups of bowerbirds suggested by phylogenomics". Systematic Biology. 69 (5): 820–829. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa040. PMC 7440736.

[2] Gould, John (1837). The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands. Vol. 1. London: self. Plate 3 text, footnote. No plate or page numbers.

[3] Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1962). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 15. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 179.

[4] Jobling, James A. "Chlamydera". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

[ioc-5] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Lyrebirds, scrubbirds, bowerbirds, Australasian treecreepers, Australasian wrens". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

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