BirdUp · Species
Spotted Catbird
Ailuroedus maculosusRamsay, EP, 1875
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Ptilonorhynchidae
- Genus
- Ailuroedus
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The spotted catbird is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found in north Queensland, the eastern Moluccas and New Guinea. Although it is a member of the bowerbird family it does not build a bower.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South-east Cape York Pen., north-east QLD (north-east Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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