Golden Bowerbird

Male Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) not far from his bower. Although early in the season, I suspect it will be a tough one for him, the weather in the wet tropics has been very unusual, dark grey skies all year, so there are very few flowers blooming or fruit growing which he needs to decorate the bower. He has, as I have seen described, 'and unusual feather structure that refracts light to produce pure white highlights on the plumage", you can see this here with diffused fill flash, but you can see it also if in direct sunlight, unusual for this dark rainforest dweller. One of the 14 Wet Tropics Endemics.

ISO5000, 400mm, f4, 1/1250, R5.

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