Satin Bowerbird
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Photo © pimelea — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #190051998The satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) is a species of passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is the only species placed in the genus Ptilonorhynchus. == Taxonomy == The satin bowerbird was formally described in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot. He placed it with the choughs in the genus Pyrrhocorax and coined the binomial name Pyrrhocorax violaceus. Viellot specified the type locality as "Nouvelle-Hollande" which is taken to be Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The satin bowerbird is now the only species placed in the genus Ptilonorhynchus that was introduced in 1820 by German naturalist Heinrich Kuhl. He specified the type species as Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus, which is a junior synonym of Vieillot's Pyrrhocorax violaceus. The genus name Ptilonorhynchus combines the Ancient Greek πτιλον/ptilon meaning "feather" with ῥυγχος/rhunkhos meaning "bill". The specific epithet violaceus is Latin meaning "violet-coloured". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that the genus Ptilonorhynchus was sister to the genus Chlamydera. Two subspecies are recognised: P. v. violaceus (Vieillot, 1816) – southeast Queensland to southeast Victoria (southeast Australia) P. v. minor Campbell, AJ, 1912 – southeast Cape York Peninsula, northeast Queensland (northeast Australia) A rare natural…
Kroombit Tops National Park
Valentine Plains, Australia
+152 birds+6 mammals
Where eucalypt woodlands rise into sandstone plateaus, Kroombit Tops unfolds across nearly 906 square kilometres of northeastern Queensland's most biodiverse terrain. The park's defining feature is…
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Australia
+149 birds+11 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest meets open eucalyptus woodland on the elevated plateau of southeastern Queensland, Bunya Mountains National Park unfolds across 483 square kilometres of some of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHerberton Range National Park
Australia
+115 birds+10 mammals
Rainforest-clad ridges and rocky outcrops define this 324-square-kilometre reserve in far north Queensland, where the mountainous terrain of the Herberton Range rises through layered eucalypt woodland…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDaintree National Park
Dedin, Australia
+362 birds+37 mammals
Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
Australia
+229 birds+12 mammals
Granite ridges and eucalyptus woodlands define this 869-square-kilometre park straddling the border between Victoria and New South Wales, where rugged terrain rises sharply from gentler foothill…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKinglake National Park
Australia
+164 birds+11 mammals
Where the volcanic plains of central Victoria rise into forested ridges, Kinglake National Park encompasses roughly 844 square kilometres of diverse habitat that represents one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSpringbrook National Park
Australia
+195 birds+25 mammals
Subtropical rainforest meets open eucalypt woodland across a mountainous terrain where the McPherson Range rises sharply from the Queensland coast, creating a patchwork of microclimates and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLamington National Park
Australia
+227 birds+24 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest rises steeply from the Queensland coast, Lamington National Park spreads across 541 square kilometres of one of Australia's most biodiverse mountain landscapes. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSydney Harbour National Park
Sydney, Australia
+203 birds+26 mammals
Where Sydney Harbour's sheltered waters meet the sandstone headlands of New South Wales, a mosaic of coastal heathland, eucalyptus woodland and rocky shores creates one of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRoyal National Park
Sydney, Australia
+296 birds+46 mammals
Where sandstone ridges plunge toward the Tasman Sea, Royal National Park unfolds across 343 square kilometres of southeastern Australian coastal wilderness. The park's defining character emerges…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSundown National Park
Australia
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Granite ridges and eucalypt woodlands define this 305-square-kilometre expanse of southeastern Queensland, where the landscape descends from sandstone plateaus into open forests and grassy clearings that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBald Rock National Park
Australia
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Granite peaks and weathered stone dominate the landscape of this 202-square-kilometre national park in inland New South Wales, where rugged tors and rocky outcrops rise dramatically…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirraween National Park
Australia
+193 birds+21 mammals
Granite boulders rise like the bones of the earth across these 278 square kilometres of southeastern Queensland, where the Great Dividing Range descends towards the coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMorton National Park
Australia
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Across nearly 4,800 square kilometers of New South Wales's Southern Tablelands, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above sheltered valleys where cool-climate eucalypt woodland meets grassy heath and…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHeathcote National Park
Sydney, Australia
+119 birds+16 mammals
Sandstone ridges and eucalypt woodlands rise from the Cumberland Plain southwest of Sydney, where Heathcote National Park unfolds across 82 square kilometres of bushland shaped by…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake Eildon National Park
Australia
+119 birds+8 mammals
Across the rippled waters and wooded shorelines of central Victoria's sprawling reservoir system, Lake Eildon National Park encompasses nearly 870 square kilometres of transformed landscape where…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlass House Mountains National Park
Australia
+151 birds+8 mammals
Conical peaks of volcanic origin rise dramatically from the coastal lowlands of southeastern Queensland, their weathered slopes cloaked in eucalyptus woodland and open sclerophyll forest that…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+284 birds+20 mammals
Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWilsons Promontory National Park
Australia
+210 birds+21 mammals
Where granite headlands plunge toward Bass Strait, Wilson's Promontory National Park sprawls across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of southeastern Victoria's most rugged coastal wilderness. The park's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sandy National Park
Australia
+306 birds+40 mammals
Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirringun National Park
Australia
+231 birds+10 mammals
Where granite gorges cleave through subtropical woodland in North Queensland, Girringun National Park unfolds across rugged terrain shaped by millions of years of weathering and erosion.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWooroonooran National Park
Australia
+240 birds+28 mammals
Where the Great Dividing Range rises sharply inland from Queensland's tropical coast, Wooroonooran National Park encompasses a landscape of steep, forested gorges and cascading waterways carved…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNoosa National Park
Marcus Beach, Australia
+216 birds+8 mammals
Subtropical eucalypt woodland and open forest meet coastal heathland along the Noosa Peninsula, where the temperate waters of the Tasman current moderate the Queensland climate into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBlue Mountains National Park
Australia
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Dramatic sandstone cliffs rise in tiers across this mountainous plateau west of Sydney, their rust-coloured faces weathered into amphitheatres and gorges where eucalyptus forest clings to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKosciuszko National Park
Australia
+211 birds+52 mammals
Where the Great Dividing Range reaches its highest peaks in southeastern Australia, Kosciuszko National Park encompasses a landscape of windswept plateaus, rocky ridges, and deep river…
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Gosford, Australia
+147 birds+17 mammals
Sandstone ridges rise sharply from the Tasman Sea along the central New South Wales coast, their weathered faces etched by millennia of salt spray and storm…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKu-ring-gai Chase National Park
Sydney, Australia
+216 birds+39 mammals
Where Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs plunge toward sheltered bays and creeks, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park unfolds across rugged terrain just north of Sydney, a mosaic of eucalyptus…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBarrington Tops National Park
Australia
+175 birds+47 mammals
Where the New England Plateau rises above the Hunter Valley, temperate rainforest cloaks the highest reaches of Barrington Tops, its dense canopy fed by year-round precipitation…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDorrigo National Park
Gleniffer, Australia
+172 birds+17 mammals
Where subtropical rainforest transitions into cool temperate woodland, Dorrigo National Park rises across the volcanic tablelands of far northern New South Wales, cloaked in the perpetually…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOxley Wild Rivers National Park
Australia
+202 birds+45 mammals
Where the New England Tablelands descend toward the coast, river gorges carve through temperate forests in a landscape of dramatic geological contrast. Oxley Wild Rivers National…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNew England National Park
Australia
+169 birds+35 mammals
Temperate eucalypt woodlands and cool rainforest pockets define this upland reserve where granite peaks rise above the New England Plateau in northeastern New South Wales. Here,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBudawang National Park
Australia
+80 birds+17 mammals
Rugged sandstone ridges rise dramatically across the New South Wales Southern Tablelands, their weathered faces sculpted by millennia of wind and water into a landscape of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBen Boyd National Park
Eden, Australia
+255 birds+47 mammals
Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Otway National Park
Australia
+255 birds+42 mammals
Temperate rainforest and wet eucalyptus woodland cloak the ridges and gullies of Victoria's Great Otway National Park, where persistent moisture and mild year-round temperatures sustain a…
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Australia
+64 birds+2 mammals
High in Victoria's southeastern ranges, where cool temperate forests grip steep mountainsides and alpine grasslands stretch across windswept plateaus, Alpine National Park protects one of southeastern…
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Myrtleford, Australia
+124 birds+7 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from the volcanic plains of northeastern Victoria, their exposed rock faces and windswept ridges defining Mount Buffalo National Park's rugged character. The…
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