The male Satin Bowerbird builds and decorates a stick avenue with blue objects to attract females. Mature males have glossy blue-black plumage.
Mature males have glossy blue-black plumage, a pale bluish-white bill, and violet-blue eyes. Females and young males are greenish, with dark scalloping below.
Male Satin Bowerbirds build twig-walled courtship avenues decorated with blue objects. Natural feathers and flowers may be joined by human-made items near settlements.
A visiting female prompts movement and vocal display, often with a decoration held in the bill. Young males resemble females before acquiring glossy adult plumage over several years.
Females build separate nests and incubate and rear chicks. The species occupies moist eastern Australian forests; NSW records it as protected and present in several national parks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
NSW lists Satin Bowerbirds as protected. Coastal rainforest, adjacent woodland and mountain forest provide habitat, including in multiple national parks.