---
title: "Jardineiro-governador"
description: "Sericulus chrysocephalus — Aves. The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/regent-bowerbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jardineiro-governador

> Sericulus chrysocephalus — Aves. The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird.

- Scientific name: *Sericulus chrysocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2445
- Wikidata: [Q853470](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853470)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14547](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14547)

## Names

- en: Regent Bowerbird
- de: Gelbnackenlaubenvogel
- fr: Jardinier prince-régent
- nl: Geelnekprieelvogel
- pt: Jardineiro-governador
- pl: Altannik królewski

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2356)

## Summary

The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or fawn markings, grey bill, black feet and crown. The name commemorates a prince regent of the United Kingdom.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_bowerbird

## Photo

![Jardineiro-governador](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/regent-bowerbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194055827

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/regent-bowerbird?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).