The Golden Bowerbird Amblyornis newtoniana has numerous plumage, egg character, and bower type differences that, in addition to its rather deep sister group divergence from Amblyornis (Ericson et al. 2020), support its return to the monotypic genus Prionodura, as Prionodura newtoniana, now aligning with Gill and Wright (2006, IOC v.1.0).