- Sanford's Bowerbird
Taxobox
name = Sanford's Bowerbird
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Ptilonorhynchidae
genus = "Archboldia "
species = "A. sanfordi"
binomial = "Archboldia sanfordi"
binomial_authority = Mayr & Gilliard, 1950The Sanford's Bowerbird, "Archboldia sanfordi" is a blackbowerbird with a reddish-brown iris, grey feet and black bill. The male has a golden crest extending from forehead, blackish wing and long tail. Both sexes are alike. The female is smaller with blue-grey feet and without crown feathering.A
polygamous species, the Sanford's Bowerbird inhabits to eastern highlands ofPapua New Guinea . The diet consists mainly of fruits. This bowerbird was discovered byErnest Thomas Gilliard in 1950 atMount Hagen ,Papua New Guinea .Some authorities considered the Sanford's Bowerbird as a subspecies of the
Archbold's Bowerbird .
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