Australian bird photos
Satin Bowerbird - Satin Bowerbirds ( Ptilonorhynchus violaceus )
Oreilly's rainforest retreat - Gold Coast Hinterland - Lamington National Park - Queensland Australia
Also seen in East Gippsland Victoria
Male is glossy blue-black, female olive green and mottled/scalloped plumage.
The male as part of a courtship ritual, to attract the female, builds a bower from
sticks and decorates it with bright blue objects he has collected.