Satin bowerbird
（重定向自Ptilonorhynchus violaceus）
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![A male building the bower](/Images/godic/202502/05/Satin_Bowerbird_nest5841.jpg")
![Courtship at Cunninghams Gap in south-east Queensland](/Images/godic/202502/05/-Satin_Bowerbird_cunninghams.ogg5841.jpg")
The satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) is a bowerbird endemic to eastern Australia.
A rare natural intergeneric hybrid between the satin bowerbird and the regent bowerbird is known as Rawnsley's bowerbird.