Great Bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyPtilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)
- GenusChlamydera (Spotted Bowerbirds and Allies)
- SpeciesChlamydera nuchalis (Great Bowerbird)
The great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) is a common and conspicuous resident of northern Australia, from the area around Broome across the Top End to Cape York Peninsula and as far south as Mount Isa and Townsville. Favoured habitat is a broad range of forest and woodland, and the margins of vine forests, monsoon forest, and mangrove swamps. As with most members of the bowerbird family, breeding considerations dominate the lifecycle: females nest inconspicuously and raise their young alone, while the males spend most of the year building, maintaining, improving, defending, and above all displaying from their bowers. Only a male with a successful bower can attract mates. The great bowerbird is the largest of the bowerbird family and is 33 to 38 cm long and fawny grey in colour. Males have a small but conspicuous pink crest on the nape of the neck. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Great Bowerbird sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Daintree National Park
Spotted Catbird
Ailuroedus maculosus
Satin Bowerbird
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Tooth-billed Catbird
Scenopoeetes dentirostris
Golden Bowerbird
Prionodura newtoniana
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
Green Oriole
Oriolus flavocinctus
Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti
Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus
Helmeted Friarbird
Philemon buceroides
Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto
Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallica
Large-billed Gerygone
Gerygone magnirostris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great Bowerbird in Daintree National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Great Bowerbird sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 10 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Great Bowerbird in Daintree National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Great Bowerbird in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.