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The Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) is a bird found in Australia. Wet forests and gardens in eastern Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and nectar. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Satin bowerbird lives

Wet forests and gardens in eastern Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs40%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌸 Nectar10%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Marta Celej (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC854454. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Satin bowerbird

Where does the Satin bowerbird live?

The Satin bowerbird lives in Australia. Wet forests and gardens in eastern Australia.

What does the Satin bowerbird eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), fruit (about 30%), nectar (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Satin bowerbird endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Willie wagtail
• Coconut lorikeet
• Superb fairywren
• Masked lapwing
• Noisy miner
• Australian golden whistler

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.