bowerbird

English Thesaurus

1. any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	oscine, oscine bird,
definition	:	passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird,
definition	:	of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	chlamydera nuchalis, great bowerbird,
definition	:	large bowerbird of northern Australia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family ptilonorhynchidae, ptilonorhynchidae,
definition	:	bowerbirds (noun.animal)