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Yellow-breasted bowerbird

Chlamydera lauterbachi Reichenow, 1897

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The yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi) is a species in the family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 115 g to 131.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)
Photo: Daniel Giraud Elliot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-breasted bowerbird

Weight
115 g – 131.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc 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 yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted bowerbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi) also known as Lauterbach's bowerbird, is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm long, bowerbird with a brownish-olive upperparts plumage, grayish-yellow upper breast, coppery crown, dark brown iris, yellow underparts, a black bill and pinkish-orange mouth. Both sexes are similar. The female exhibits less vibrant coloration than the male.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-breasted bowerbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-breasted_bowerbird&oldid=1380595713), 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 yellow-breasted bowerbird endangered?

The yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted bowerbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPtilonorhynchidae
  6. genusChlamydera
  7. SpeciesChlamydera lauterbachi Reichenow, 1897

Synonyms Chlamydodera lauterbachi

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • arquer de LauterbachCatalan
  • lemčík žlutoprsýCzech
  • aderyn deildy LauterbachWelsh
  • Gulbrystet LøvhyttefuglDanish
  • DreiganglaubenvogelGerman
  • Dreigang-LaubenvogelGerman
  • flavbrusta ptilonorinkoEsperanto
  • Pergolero de LauterbachSpanish
  • koldkõht-lehtlalindEstonian
  • rusovatsalavastajaFinnish
  • Jardinier de LauterbachFrench
  • maslinasta vrtlaricaCroatian
  • sárgahasú lugasépítőHungarian
  • Namdur dada-kuningIndonesian
  • Uccello giardiniere pettogialloItalian
  • キバラニワシドリJapanese
  • geltonkrūtė chlamideraLithuanian
  • Lauterbachs PrieelvogelDutch
  • kastellgartnerNorwegian
  • jedwabnica rdzawołbistaPolish
  • perguleiro-oliváceoPortuguese
  • jardineiro-de-peito-amareloPortuguese
  • Желтогрудый беседочникRussian
  • Желтогрудая беседковая птицаRussian
  • Новогвинейская беседковая птицаRussian
  • šiatorník žltoprsýSlovak
  • Žutogruda baštovankaSerbian
  • gulbröstad lövsalsfågelSwedish
  • Sarıca ÇardakkuşuTurkish
  • ойсея новогвінейськаUkrainian
  • 黄胸大亭鸟Chinese
  • 黃胸大園丁鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-breasted bowerbird

Other species in the same genus Chlamydera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-breasted bowerbird?

An adult yellow-breasted bowerbird weighs 115 g – 131.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the yellow-breasted bowerbird live?

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

Is the yellow-breasted bowerbird endangered?

The yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted bowerbird?

The yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi) 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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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_breasted_bowerbird_2026,
  title = {Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-breasted-bowerbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}