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MacGregor's bowerbird

Amblyornis macgregoriae De Vis, 1890

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The macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) is a species in the family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 117 g to 127 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

MacGregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae)
Photo: De Vis, 1890 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the macgregor's bowerbird

Weight
117 g – 127 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
1src for Young per litter or clutch
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 macgregor's 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 macgregor's bowerbird is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the macgregor's bowerbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

MacGregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) is a medium-sized, up to 26 cm long, olive brown bowerbird of New Guinea's mountain forests, roughly the size and shape of an American robin or a Eurasian blackbird. The male is adorned with an erectile orange yellow crest, that is partly hidden until shown in courtship display. The unadorned female is similar to the male, but without the crest. Superb mimics, they are known for imitating other birds, pigs, rushing water, and even human speech.

From the Wikipedia article “MacGregor's bowerbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MacGregor%27s_bowerbird&oldid=1379677823), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the macgregor's bowerbird endangered?

The macgregor's bowerbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 macgregor's bowerbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPtilonorhynchidae
  6. genusAmblyornis
  7. SpeciesAmblyornis macgregoriae De Vis, 1890
Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • arquer de MacGregorCatalan
  • lemčík oranžovochocholatýCzech
  • Toppet LøvhyttefuglDanish
  • Goldhauben-LaubenvogelGerman
  • GoldhaubengärtnerGerman
  • orkresta ptilonorinkoEsperanto
  • Pergolero de MacGregorSpanish
  • tanu-lehtlalindEstonian
  • kekolavastajaFinnish
  • Jardinier de MacGregorFrench
  • krunata vrtlaricaCroatian
  • aranybóbitás kertészmadárHungarian
  • Namdur jambul-emasIndonesian
  • Uccello giardiniere di MacgregorItalian
  • カンムリニワシドリJapanese
  • rusvadryžis sodininkasLithuanian
  • GoudkuiftuiniervogelDutch
  • fakkelgartnerNorwegian
  • ogrodnik długoczubyPolish
  • jardineiro-de-macgregorPortuguese
  • perguleiro-de-nuca-douradaPortuguese
  • Золотохохлый садовникRussian
  • záhradkár zlatochochlatýSlovak
  • Mekgregorova baštovankaSerbian
  • fackellövsalsfågelSwedish
  • MacGregors lövsalsfågelSwedish
  • Kahve Göğüslü ÇardakkuşuTurkish
  • садороб золоточубийUkrainian
  • 冠园丁鸟Chinese
  • 冠園丁鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the macgregor's bowerbird

Other species in the same genus Amblyornis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the macgregor's bowerbird?

An adult macgregor's bowerbird weighs 117 g – 127 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the macgregor's bowerbird live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the macgregor's bowerbird for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the macgregor's bowerbird endangered?

The macgregor's 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 macgregor's bowerbird?

The macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) belongs to the family Ptilonorhynchidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). MacGregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/macgregors-bowerbird

MLA

“MacGregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/macgregors-bowerbird.

BibTeX
@misc{macgregors_bowerbird_2026,
  title = {MacGregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/macgregors-bowerbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}