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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Ptilonorhynchidae .
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Examples
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Elegant and ingenious as are the structures and collections of the satin bower-bird, the species of the allied genus _Chlamydera_ display still greater architectural abilities, and more extensive, collective, and decorative powers.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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The bower of the bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata, GOULD) was seen in the scrub; it is made of dry grass, and its approaches at either end were thickly strewn with snail shells and flint pebbles, which had been collected by the bird with great industry, but for what purpose we could not determine.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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Deakin University in Waurn Ponds, Australia, "because no one looked at the bowers from a female's perspective". great bowerbirds (Chlamydera nuchalis) build intricate bowers - tunnels built from interlaced twigs.
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