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Sanford's bowerbird, the Glossary

Index Sanford's bowerbird

Sanford's bowerbird (Archboldia sanfordi) is a subspecies of the Archbold's bowerbird.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: American Museum of Natural History, Archbold's bowerbird, Beak, Bowerbird, Ernest Thomas Gilliard, Ernst Mayr, Iris (anatomy), Leonard Cutler Sanford, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea.

  2. Archboldia
  3. Birds described in 1950

American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Archbold's bowerbird

Archbold's bowerbird (Archboldia papuensis) is a medium-sized, dark grey songbird with brown iris, grey feet and black bill. Sanford's bowerbird and Archbold's bowerbird are Archboldia and Passeri stubs.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals.

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Bowerbird

Bowerbirds make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae.

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Ernest Thomas Gilliard

Ernest Thomas Gilliard (23 November 1912 – 26 January 1965) was an American ornithologist and museum curator who led or participated in several ornithological expeditions, especially to South America and New Guinea.

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Ernst Mayr

Ernst Walter Mayr (5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) was a German-American evolutionary biologist.

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Iris (anatomy)

The iris (irides or irises) is a thin, annular structure in the eye in most mammals and birds, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil, and thus the amount of light reaching the retina.

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Leonard Cutler Sanford

Leonard Cutler Sanford (September 19, 1869 – December 7, 1950) was an American surgeon and amateur ornithologist who served as a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History for nearly thirty years and who was instrumental in building up its bird collections.

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Mount Hagen

Mount Hagen (Maun Hagen) is the third largest city in Papua New Guinea, with a population of 46,250.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).

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See also

Archboldia

Birds described in 1950

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford's_bowerbird

Also known as Archboldia sanfordi.