Flame Bowerbird - Subspecies

Subspecies

There are two distinct subspecies, sometimes considered full species:

• Sericulus aureus ardens (Flame Bowerbird), from south-western New Guinea, with orange-faced male
• Sericulus aureus aureus (Masked Bowerbird), the nominate form of north-western New Guinea, with black-faced and black-throated male

The Flame Bowerbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.