How to Use bowerbird in a Sentence
bowerbird
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City birds ditch nature Male bowerbirds do not help raise young.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Both urban and rural male bowerbirds showed a strong preference for human items when given a choice of items sourced from each environment.
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ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Male bowerbirds are notorious for their complex mating rituals.
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ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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The subsequent analysis revealed that rural bowerbirds most often used green glass and green leaves or seeds for decoration, while urban birds preferred green glass and red wire.
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ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Overachiever bird Urban bowerbirds are prolific collectors, hoarding an average of 90 items per bower — with one overachiever amassing more than 300.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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For example, BirdLife’s volunteer observers have been having to go to higher elevations to spot golden bowerbirds, small yellow birds which have a small range and live in the rainforest in Queensland, Maurer said.
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Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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The University of Exeter researchers monitored the bowers of 61 male great bowerbirds in two sites in Australia’s northern Queensland—the rural Dreghorn Cattle Station and the urban Townsville City—during the prime breeding season (September–December 2023).
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ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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