Archbold's bowerbird

Archbold's bowerbird was formally described in 1940 by the Canadian zoologist Austin L. Rand from a male specimen collected at an altitude of north of Lake Habbema in the Snow Mountains of Western New Guinea. Rand erected a new genus, Archboldia, and coined the binomial name Archboldia papuensis. The genus and common names honour the American zoologist Richard Archbold. A molecular phylogenetic study by Per Ericson and collaborators published in 2020 found that Archbold's bowerbird was embedded in the genus Amblyornis. Two subspecies are recognised: • A. p. papuensis Rand, 1940 – montane central west New Guinea • A. p. sanfordi Mayr & Gilliard, 1950 – montane central east New Guinea The subspecies A. p. sanfordi, Sanford's bowerbird, has sometimes been treated as a separate species. ==Description==

The male Archbold's bowerbird has an overall length of and a weight of . The female is slight smaller with a length of and a weight of . The male of the nominate race is dark grey to black with an orange-yellow crest. The bill is black, the legs are blue-grey and the iris is dark brown. The female is dark brown rather than black and lacks a crest. The primary coverts are yellowish producing a patch on the leading edge of the wing. Archbold's bowerbird uses the shed ornamental plumes of the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise to decorate its courtship bower. Archbold's bowerbird is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ==References==