Archbold's Bowerbird

SCI Name:  Archboldia papuensis
Protonym:  Archboldia papuensis Am.Mus.Novit. no.1072 p.9
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Ptilonorhynchidae / Archboldia
Taxonomy Code:  arcbow1
Type Locality:  Bele River (2,200 m.), 18 km. north of Lake Habbema, Snow Mountains.
Author:  Rand
Publish Year:  1940
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

ARCHBOLDIA
(Ptilonorhynchidae; Ϯ Archbold's Bowerbird A. papuensis) Richard Archbold (1907-1976) US zoologist, collector in Madagascar and New Guinea, sponsor of expeditions to New Guinea and the Pacific, established Archbold Biological Station, Florida 1941; "ARCHBOLDIA, NEW GENUS   One of the large bower birds (wing up to 164) with a large head, related to Amblyornis. It is characterized by the bill being laterally expanded at the base, the width at nostril being being about equal to its depth at nostril; the nostril and part of the floor of the nasal fossa being bare, the feathering not reaching within two millimeters of the nasal opening, and these feathers tending to be bristly and curving back to be appressed to the head; by the strongly double rounded tail, the outer and the central tail feathers about 10 to 15 mm. shorter than the longest; by the peculiar texture of the plumage, the feathers having downy bases and firm terminal portions, which have in some lights, a darker colored tip giving a scaled appearance.   GENOTYPE. — Archboldia papuensis, new species." (Rand 1940); "Archboldia Rand, 1940, Amer. Mus. Novit. 1072: 9.  Type, by original designation, Archboldia papuensis Rand." (Beehler and Pratt, 2016, Birds New Guinea, p. 279).

papuanus / papuense / papuensis
Papua or New Guinea.
● ex “Petit Lori Papou” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Papouan Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Charmosyna papou).
● ex “Choucari de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 630, and “Papuan Crow” of Latham 1781 (Coracina).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 707, fig. 2, “Manikor” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Papuan Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dicaeum australe).

SUBSPECIES

Archbold's Bowerbird (papuensis)
SCI Name: Archboldia papuensis papuensis
papuanus / papuense / papuensis
Papua or New Guinea.
● ex “Petit Lori Papou” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Papouan Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Charmosyna papou).
● ex “Choucari de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 630, and “Papuan Crow” of Latham 1781 (Coracina).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 707, fig. 2, “Manikor” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Papuan Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dicaeum australe).

Archbold's Bowerbird (sanfordi)
SCI Name: Archboldia papuensis sanfordi
sanfordi
Dr Leonard Cutler Sanford (1868-1950) US zoologist, Trustee of AMNH, organised Whitney-Sanford South Pacific expeditions, sponsor of AMNH Mt Hagen Expedition (subsp. Archboldia papuensis, subsp. Asio flammeus, syn. Cinnyrorhyncha longirostra, subsp. Crateroscelis robusta, Cyornis, Diomedea, subsp. Erythrura trichroa, Haliaeetus, subsp. Lagopus muta, subsp. Micrathene whitneyi, subsp. Mino kreffti, subsp. Myzomela cardinalis, subsp. Pachycephala orioloides, syn. Perisoreus canadensis nigricapillus, subsp. Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus, syn. Rhamphomantis megarhynchus).