| Some classic examples are Egyptian vultures, New Caledonian crows and bowerbirds. |
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| This louse is the only common parasite on satin bowerbirds, and it is found mainly around the head and eyes where birds cannot easily preen. |
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| The male bowerbirds courted the robotic female much as they would a real bird. |
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| Female bowerbirds, for example, choose mates based on the aesthetics of their mating dance. |
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| Whistling bowerbirds and whip-cracking riflebirds complement parrots and honeyeaters. |
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| Male bowerbirds construct elaborately decorated bowers and females prefer builders of higher quality bowers as mates. |
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| Second, we use information on male plumage changes to identify when in the life history of satin bowerbirds parasite reductions occur. |
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| Found only on the large island of New Guinea and in Australia, bowerbirds comprise nineteen species. |
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| The discussion of the evolution of bowers and bower decorations deserves special attention, because these are the signature traits of the bowerbirds. |
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| Men will be depicted as sparring stags, women as dun-coloured bowerbirds waiting to be impressed. |
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| A 1990 report, for example, said Archbold's bowerbirds decorate with plumes from a bird of paradise species that molts only two of the big feathers a year. |
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| Startled female bowerbirds often hop out of the bower away from the male. |
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| The bowerbirds represent one of the high points of avian evolution and as such they deserve a book that fully captures the wonder of their fantastic natural history. |
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| Studies by a scientist at the University of Maryland show that male bowerbirds modify their courtship rituals based on the females' body language. |
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| When male spotted bowerbirds collect sticks and other doodads to wow females, these natural interior decorators don't search for the rare showpiece, according to a new study. |
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| Its bird collection is extensive, and the rainforest aviary, opened in 1972, exhibits the rarely seen lyrebird, along with bowerbirds, honeyeaters, and fruit pigeons. |
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| Here he investigates animals that build structures, including bowerbirds, who select mates based on their home decorations. |
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| Unlike those flamboyant bowerbirds, a worm might simply decide that it is better off without us, and retire from public life. |
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| You'll see bowerbirds and scrub turkeys darting across the forest floor, wedge-tailed eagles prowling for food and cockatoos, rosella and lorikeets chorusing confidently from the trees. |
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| Unlike satin bowerbirds, which decorate mating sites with such treasures as pen caps and clothespins, packrat collectibles aren't on display. |
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| They have revealed that bowerbirds propagate fruits used as decorations in their sexual displays. |
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| These include bowerbirds, who select mates based on their home decorations. |
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| A study of the bowerbird, better known for its elaborate mating rituals, found it learns its calls directly from the species being mimicked, rather than from other bowerbirds. |
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| Researchers, including academics from the University of Exeter, have found high numbers of potato bush plants near the homes of bowerbirds in Australia. |
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| David Attenborough observes animals that also build structures, including nests created by Bowerbirds. |
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