Golden-fronted bowerbird
Amblyornis flavifrons Rothschild, 1895
The golden-fronted bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) is a species in the family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 120 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the golden-fronted bowerbird
- Weight
- 120 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the golden-fronted bowerbird live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The golden-fronted bowerbird is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the golden-fronted bowerbird?
The golden-fronted bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) is a medium-sized, approximately 24 cm long, brown bowerbird that is endemic to the Foja Mountains in New Guinea. The male is rufous brown with an elongated golden crest extending from its golden forehead, dark grey feet and buffish yellow underparts. The female is an unadorned olive brown bird.
An Indonesian endemic, the male builds a tower-like "maypole-type" bower decorated with colored fruit.
Originally described in 1895 based on trade skins, this elusive bird remained a mystery for nearly a hundred years, until 31 January 1981 when the American ornithologist Jared Diamond discovered the home ground of the golden-fronted bowerbird at the Foja Mountains in the Papua province of Indonesia.
In December 2005, an international team of eleven scientists from the United States, Australia and Indonesia led by Bruce Beehler traveled to the unexplored areas of Foja Mountains and took the first photographs of the bird.
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Is the golden-fronted bowerbird endangered?
The golden-fronted bowerbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the golden-fronted bowerbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyPtilonorhynchidae
- genusAmblyornis
- SpeciesAmblyornis flavifrons Rothschild, 1895
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- Yellow-fronted bowerbirdEnglish
- arquer de crinera grogaCatalan
- lemčík zlatočelýCzech
- aderyn deildy bronfelynWelsh
- Gulpandet LøvhyttefuglDanish
- Gelbscheitel-LaubenvogelGerman
- GelbscheitelgärtnerGerman
- orfrunta ptilonorinkoEsperanto
- Pergolero frentigualdoSpanish
- paruk-lehtlalindEstonian
- foyanlavastajaFinnish
- Jardinier à front d'orFrench
- Jardinier à front d’orFrench
- žutokruna vrtlaricaCroatian
- üstökös kertészmadárHungarian
- Namdur dahi-emasIndonesian
- Uccello giardiniere frontedorataItalian
- キエボシニワシドリJapanese
- geltonkuodis sodininkasLithuanian
- GeelkuiftuiniervogelDutch
- gullmankegartnerNorwegian
- ogrodnik złotoczubyPolish
- jardineiro-de-testa-douradaPortuguese
- jardineiro-de-fronte-douradaPortuguese
- perguleiro-de-fronte-douradaPortuguese
- Желтолобый садовникRussian
- záhradkár zlatočelýSlovak
- Zlatočela baštovankaSerbian
- gultofsad lövsalsfågelSwedish
- Altın Saçlı ÇardakkuşuTurkish
- садороб жовтолобийUkrainian
- 黃額園丁鳥Chinese
- 黄额园丁鸟Chinese
Relatives of the golden-fronted bowerbird
Other species in the same genus Amblyornis.
Vogelkop bowerbird
Amblyornis inornata
MacGregor's bowerbird
Amblyornis macgregoriae
Streaked bowerbird
Amblyornis subalaris
Huon bowerbird
Amblyornis germanus
CompareGolden-fronted bowerbird vs Vogelkop bowerbirdGolden-fronted bowerbird vs MacGregor's bowerbirdGolden-fronted bowerbird vs Streaked bowerbirdGolden-fronted bowerbird vs Huon bowerbird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the golden-fronted bowerbird?
An adult golden-fronted bowerbird weighs 120 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the golden-fronted bowerbird live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the golden-fronted bowerbird for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the golden-fronted bowerbird endangered?
The golden-fronted bowerbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the golden-fronted bowerbird?
The golden-fronted bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) belongs to the family Ptilonorhynchidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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