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Yellow-breasted Bowerbird

Chlamydera lauterbachi Reichenow, 1897

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

The yellow-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi) also known as Lauterbach's bowerbird, is a medium-sized, approximately 27 cm long, bowerbird with a brownish-olive upperparts plumage, grayish-yellow upper breast, coppery crown, dark brown iris, yellow underparts, a black bill and pinkish-orange mouth. Both sexes are similar. The female exhibits less vibrant coloration than the male.

Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-breasted bowerbird; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:03:03.902032+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Chlamydera lauterbachi Reichenow, 1897
Name authority
Reichenow, 1897
Common name
Yellow-breasted Bowerbird
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus
Chlamydera
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyPtilonorhynchidae
  11. genusChlamydera Gould, 1837
  12. speciesChlamydera lauterbachi Reichenow, 1897

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Chlamydera. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Spotted BowerbirdChlamydera maculata (Gould, 1837)PtilonorhynchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventris Gould, 1850PtilonorhynchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Western BowerbirdChlamydera guttata Gould, 1862PtilonorhynchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 19 records assigned to Ptilonorhynchidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Australia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Reichenow, & Anton. (1897). Neue Vogelarten von Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land. Ornithologische Monatsberichte, Vol. 5. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:69WQX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.