Chlamydera
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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| image = Stavenn Chlamydera cerviniventris 00.jpg
| image_caption = Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
| taxon = Chlamydera
| authority = Gould, 1837
| type_species = Calodera maculata
| type_species_authority = Gould, 1837
}}
Chlamydera is a genus of passerine birds in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that are found in Australia and New Guinea.
The birds in this genus build "avenue-type" bowers which consist of two parallel walls made of vertical sticks and pieces of grass.{{Cite journal | last1=Ericson | first1=P.G.P. | last2=Irestedt | first2=M. | last3=Nylander | first3=J.A.A. | last4=Christidis | first4=L. | last5=Joseph | first5=L. | last6=Qu | first6=Y. | date=2020 | title=Parallel evolution of bower-building behavior in two groups of bowerbirds suggested by phylogenomics | journal=Systematic Biology | volume=69 | issue=5 | pages=820-829 | doi=10.1093/sysbio/syaa040 | doi-access=free }}
Taxonomy
The genus Chlamydera was introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate Calodera maculata Gould, the spotted bowerbird, which is therefore the type species by monotypy.{{ cite book | last=Gould | first=John | author-link=John Gould | year=1837 | title=The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands | volume=1 | location=London | publisher=self | at=Plate 3 text, footnote | url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-185308543/view?partId=nla.obj-185884713#page/n12/mode/1up }} No plate or page numbers.{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Greenway | editor2-first=James C. Jr | year=1962 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=15 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=179 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14485552 }} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek χλαμυς/khlamus meaning "short cloak" with δερα/dera meaning "neck".{{ cite web | last=Jobling | first=James A. | title=Chlamydera | work=The Key to Scientific Names | url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Chlamydera | publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology | access-date=31 May 2025 }}
=Species=
- Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
- Western bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
- Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
- Yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi)
- Spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)
References
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Category:Taxa named by John Gould
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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