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Vogelkop Bowerbird

Amblyornis inornata (Schlegel, 1871)

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Amblyornis inornata (Schlegel, 1871)
Name authority
(Schlegel, 1871)
Common name
Vogelkop Bowerbird
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus
Amblyornis
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. genusAmblyornis D. G. Elliot, 1872
  12. speciesAmblyornis inornata (Schlegel, 1871)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Golden-fronted BowerbirdAmblyornis flavifrons Rothschild, 1895PtilonorhynchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Streaked BowerbirdAmblyornis subalaris Sharpe, 1884PtilonorhynchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Huon BowerbirdAmblyornis germanus Rothschild, 1910PtilonorhynchidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 19 records assigned to Ptilonorhynchidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Amblyornis inornatus (Schlegel, 1871) (Schlegel, 1871)synonym
Ptilorhynchus inornatus Schlegel, 1871 Schlegel, 1871synonym

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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=711579 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:CMSH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.