Amblyornis is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. The species are endemic to the mountains of New Guinea.
Birds in this genus build "maypole-type" bowers in which vegetation is arranged around a central vertical sapling or tree-fern.
Taxonomy The genus Amblyornis was introduced in 1872 by the American zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot to accommodate a single species, Ptilorhynchus inornatus Schlegel, 1871, the Vogelkop bowerbird, which is the type species by monotypy. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek αμβλυοεις/ambluoeis meaning "dull" with ορνις/ornis meaning "bird".
Species The genus contains four species:
Image Name Common name Distribution Amblyornis flavifrons Golden-fronted bowerbirdFoja Mountains in the Papua province of Indonesia Amblyornis macgregoriae MacGregor's bowerbird New Guinea Amblyornis subalaris Streaked bowerbird southeastern New Guinea Amblyornis inornata Vogelkop bowerbirdBird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop Peninsula) of western New Guinea
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