David Gallan / Male Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) courting female on suburban street verge, bower filled with blue plastic, Australia, October 2018.
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Steven David Miller / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) female inspecting bower and blue objects collected by male from nearby campsites. Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. July.
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Steven David Miller / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) female inspecting bower and blue objects collected by male from nearby campsites. Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. July.
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Steven David Miller / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male with blue bottle top in beak, tending to bower to attract female. Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. July.
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Oriol Alamany / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), Green Mountains rainforest, Lamington National Park, Rainforests of Australia UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia
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Sylvain Cordier / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), male building his bower to attract females with blue objects, Queensland, Australia
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Sylvain Cordier / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male building bower, arranging feathers, Queensland, Australia.
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Roger Powell / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male standing on a log. Immature growing into sixth year adult plumage and inspecting edge of bower, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
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David Tipling / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male, standing at bower in rainforest, collecting blue items as part of courtship display, Lamington National Park, Australia.
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Tim Laman / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male, holding a cicada case in beak, performing courtship display to female who has entered his bower. The bower is decorated with all natural objects...
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Tim Laman / Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male, "painting" the inner walls of the bower with masticated plant matter using its beak, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Bruce Thomson / Satin bower bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male bird in front of bower on rainforest floor at night, Bunya Mountains, Queensland, Australia.