BirdUp · Species
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Scenopoeetes dentirostris(Ramsay, EP, 1876)
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Ptilonorhynchidae
- Genus
- Scenopoeetes
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
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
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Montane 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
6 photos
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