| This louse is the only common parasite on satin bowerbirds, and it is found mainly around the head and eyes where birds cannot easily preen. |
| Men will be depicted as sparring stags, women as dun-coloured bowerbirds waiting to be impressed. |
| A 1990 report, for example, said Archbold's bowerbirds decorate with plumes from a bird of paradise species that molts only two of the big feathers a year. |
| Second, we use information on male plumage changes to identify when in the life history of satin bowerbirds parasite reductions occur. |
| Some classic examples are Egyptian vultures, New Caledonian crows and bowerbirds. |
| The bowerbirds represent one of the high points of avian evolution and as such they deserve a book that fully captures the wonder of their fantastic natural history. |
