Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris), family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, NSW, Australia

• This bird is in the Bowerbird family.

photograph by David Irving

White-eared Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris), family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, found in New Guinea

• This bird is in the Bowerbird family.

photograph by Martien Uiterweerd

White-eared Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris), family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, found in New Guinea

• This bird is in the Bowerbird family.

photograph by Steven Lee

Flame Bowerbird (Sericulus ardens), male showing off his bower, family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Glen Bartley

MacGregor’s Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae), male calling, family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, New Guinea

• The male of the species builds an elaborate maypole type of structure which he dances and calls around, to impress females.

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Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), male, Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia

photograph by Joseph C Boone 

Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), immature male, Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, Paluma National Park, Queensland, Australia

photograph by Grahame Rosen

Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus), male, family Ptilonorhynchidae, Queensland, Australia

photograph by Deepak Karra

Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana), male w/ decorative material for the bower, family Ptilonorhynchidae, Mt. Lewis, far North Queensland, Australia

photograph by Mac Christiansen

Red Prowfish (Pataecus fronto), family Pataecidae, order Scorpaeniformes, found in the coastal waters of western and southern Australia

photograph by JW Turnbull