Sericulus

Japanese: Sericulus
Sericulus

...The female lays eggs in a nest located at a distance from the nest, and is the sole incubator and care for the chicks. (3)The third group includes the Sericulus genus (three species), the Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (illustration), and the Chlamydera genus (four species, including the Spotted Bowerbird (illustration) and the Great Bowerbird). The males of these species clear the forest floor, collecting twigs and leaf stalks from dead trees and build two parallel rows of brushwood-like structures.

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Japanese:

…雌はそこから離れたところにある巣に産卵し,雌だけが抱卵,育雛にあたる。(3)第3のグループにまとめられるのはフウチョウモドキ属Sericulus(3種),1属1種のアオアズマヤドリPtilonorhynchus violaceus(イラスト),オオニワシドリ属Chlamydera(マダラニワシドリ(イラスト),オオニワシドリなど4種)である。これらの種の雄は林床上を整理して,枯木の小枝や葉の茎を集めてきて,平行に並んだ2列の柴垣状の構築物をつくる。…

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