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Amblyornis

Genus of birds

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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:

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