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Vogelkop bowerbird

Amblyornis inornata (Schlegel, 1871)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) is a species in the family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 124 g to 127 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata)
Photo: JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the vogelkop bowerbird

Weight
124 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
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 vogelkop 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 vogelkop 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 vogelkop bowerbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata), also known as the Vogelkop gardener bowerbird, is a medium-sized bowerbird of the mountains of West Papua (New Guinea).

From the Wikipedia article “Vogelkop bowerbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vogelkop_bowerbird&oldid=1380705124), 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 vogelkop bowerbird endangered?

The vogelkop 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 vogelkop bowerbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPtilonorhynchidae
  6. genusAmblyornis
  7. SpeciesAmblyornis inornata (Schlegel, 1871)

Synonyms Amblyornis inormatus, Amblyornis inornatus, Amblyornis inornatus, Amblyornis inornatus, Ptilorhynchus inornatus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • arquer bruCatalan
  • lemčík prostýCzech
  • Vogelkop LøvhyttefuglDanish
  • HüttenlaubenvogelGerman
  • HüttengärtnerGerman
  • bruna ptilonorinkoEsperanto
  • Pergolero pardoSpanish
  • meister-lehtlalindEstonian
  • majalavastajaFinnish
  • Jardinier brunFrench
  • smeđa vrtlaricaCroatian
  • kertészmadárHungarian
  • Namdur polosIndonesian
  • Uccello giardiniere del VogelkopItalian
  • チャイロニワシドリJapanese
  • rudasis sodininkasLithuanian
  • Bruine TuiniervogelDutch
  • brungartnerNorwegian
  • ogrodnik brunatnyPolish
  • perguleiro-pardoPortuguese
  • jardineiro-de-doberaiPortuguese
  • jardineiro-de-vogelkopPortuguese
  • Бурый садовникRussian
  • záhradkár bezchochlatýSlovak
  • Fogelkop baštovankaSerbian
  • brun lövsalsfågelSwedish
  • Tepesiz ÇardakkuşuTurkish
  • садороб буроголовийUkrainian
  • 褐色园丁鸟Chinese
  • 褐色園丁鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the vogelkop 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 vogelkop bowerbird?

An adult vogelkop bowerbird weighs 124 g – 127 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the vogelkop bowerbird live?

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

Is the vogelkop bowerbird endangered?

The vogelkop 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 vogelkop bowerbird?

The vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) 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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BibTeX
@misc{vogelkop_bowerbird_2026,
  title = {Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vogelkop-bowerbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}