Tooth-billed Catbird

An Australian endemic, the Tooth-billed Catbird is distributed to mountain forests of northeast Queensland. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and young leaves of forest trees.

The Tooth-billed Catbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Tooth-billed Catbird in Australia do its dance and prepare its bower. Quite a cool bird and a nice display. Got some decent photos too. I enjoyed the read. 2. Andy Gibb Oct 19th, 2009 at 12:47 pm And a third name for Tooth-billed Catbird or Stagemaker Bowerbird is a cross between ‘em: Tooth-billed Bowerbird, as per Morcombe. More

The Tooth-billed Catbird, Scenopoeetes dentirostris also known as Stagemaker Bowerbird is a medium-sized, approximately 27cm long, stocky olive-brown bowerbird with brown-streaked buffish-white below, a grey feet, brown iris and unique tooth-like bill. Both sexes are similar, however the female is slightly smaller than the male. It is the only member in monotypic genus Scenopoeetes. The display-court An Australian endemic, the Tooth-billed Catbird is distributed to mountain forests of northeast Queensland. More

Tooth-billed Catbird Ailuroedus dentirostris = Described by: Ramsay (1876) Alternate common name(s): Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Stagemaker Old scientific name(s): Scenopooetes dentirostris Photographs Paluma, Queensland, Australia - Oct 6, 2005 More

A tooth-billed catbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris) has moved in. He's set up his display ground in forest a few metres from the house and several times a day, he perches on a liana and sings with great enthusiasm. Although a bowerbird, the male tooth-billed catbird doesn't build an elaborate bower. But he does clear a stage, which he decorates with leaves. Not just any leaves, you understand. More

* Tooth-billed Catbird, Scenopooetes dentirostris New World catbirds are two monotypic genera from the mimid family (Mimidae) of the passeridan superfamily Muscicapoidea. Among the Mimidae, they represent independent basal lineages probably closer to the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than to the mockingbirds and Toxostoma thrashers: * Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis * Black Catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris The Abyssinian Catbird (Parophasma galinieri) represents a monotypic genus from Africa. More

* Tooth-billed Catbird, Scenopooetes dentirostris New World (Americas) catbirds are two monotypic genera from the mimid family (Mimidae) of the passeridan superfamily Muscicapoidea. More

An Australian endemic, the Tooth-billed Catbird is distributed to mountain forests of northeast Queensland in Australia. A common species in its limited habitat range, the Tooth-billed Catbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Diet / Feeding Its diet consists mainly of fruits and young leaves of forest trees. More

An Australian endemic, the Tooth-billed Catbird is distributed to mountain forests of northeast Queensland. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and young leaves of forest trees. See more at Wikipedia.org... More

Tooth-billed Catbird Ailuroedus dentirostris = * Home Expand Log in Menu item Register Menu item Log out Menu item Change login details Menu item Why register? Expand UK & Ireland Menu item Birding sites More

Tooth-billed Catbird Ailuroedus dentirostris = Paluma, Queensland, Australia - Oct 6, 2005 More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus : Scenopoeetes
Species : dentirostris
Authority : (Ramsay, 1876)