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Archbold’s bowerbird

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Also known as: Archboldia papuensis

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design of mat bower

In bowerbird
…made by Archbold’s bowerbird (Archboldia papuensis). The stagemaker, or tooth-billed catbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris), of forests of northeastern Australia, arranges leaves silvery-side up (withered ones are carried aside) to form a “circus ring.”
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