Sericulus chrysocephalus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or fawn markings, grey bill, black feet and crown. The name commemorates a prince regent of the United Kingdom.
The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and insects. All male bowerbirds build bowers, which can be simple ground clearings or elaborate structures, to attract female mates. Regent bowerbirds in particular are known to mix a muddy greyish blue or pea green "saliva paint" in their mouths which they use to decorate their bowers. The male builds an avenue-type bower consisting of two walls of sticks, decorated with shells, seeds, leaves and berries. Regents will sometimes use wads of greenish leaves as "paintbrushes" to help spread the substance, representing one of the few known instances of tools used by birds. The female builds a saucer-shaped nest made of twigs measuring 30 cm high and 15–20 cm wide often away from the bower.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Sea Life Sydney Aquarium | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Wild Life Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Regent Bowerbird sighting in Springbrook National Park on a given day, based on 212 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 136 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Regent Bowerbird in Springbrook National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May, July, September and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Springbrook National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 210 mm in February.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Regent Bowerbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Regent Bowerbird sightings, Springbrook National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 60%).
Same family: Ptilonorhynchidae
The closest relatives of the Regent Bowerbird that you can see in Springbrook National Park (family Ptilonorhynchidae, Bowerbirds) are Satin Bowerbird (about 30%) and Green Catbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Regent Bowerbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Springbrook National Park (212 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
