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Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Scenopoeetes dentirostris(Ramsay, EP, 1876)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Ptilonorhynchidae
- Genus
- Scenopoeetes
At a glance
The Tooth-billed Bowerbird is a medium-sized bird, about 29–30 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 29–30 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Tooth-billed Bowerbird look like?
The Tooth-billed Bowerbird is a medium-sized bird, about 29–30 cm long and weighing 132–199 g.
The tooth-billed bowerbird, also known as the stagemaker bowerbird or tooth-billed catbird, is a species of passerine bird in the bowerbird family Ptilonorhynchidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Scenopoeetes. It is found in the Cape York Peninsula and northeast Queensland of northeast Australia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Tooth-billed Bowerbird?
The Tooth-billed Bowerbird is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
Greg Tasney · Wooroonooran QLD 4860, Australia
Call
Samuel Brown · Crater Lakes, AU-QL-EA, AU-QL, AU
Call
Tim · Lake Eacham QLD 4884, Australia
Call
Tim · Lake Eacham QLD 4884, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Tooth-billed Bowerbird eat?
The Tooth-billed Bowerbird feeds on fruit and foliage/herbs, usually foraging alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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