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Definition of bowerbird
: any of a family (Ptilonorhynchidae) of passerine birds of Australia and New Guinea in which the male builds a chamber or passage arched over with twigs and grasses, often adorned with bright-colored objects, and used especially to attract the female
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This is shown in bowerbirds: Females receive dramatic and even violent displays because those displays are stimulating and because the females can keep their autonomy intact.
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If ducks reflect our cultural present, bowerbirds may illuminate both our evolutionary origins and our social future.
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A few species, such black wheateaters and bowerbirds, are already known to use nest design in courtship displays.
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First Known Use of bowerbird
1841
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