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Ailuroedus
''Ailuroedus'' is a genus of birds in the bowerbird family, Ptilonorhynchidae, native to forests in Australia and New Guinea. The common name, catbird, refers to these species' "wailing cat-like calls". The scientific name ''Ailuroedus'' is derived from the Greek language, Greek 'ailouros', meaning cat, and 'eidos', referring to form (or perhaps from oaidos, singer). Taxonomy The genus ''Ailuroedus'' was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate a single species, ''Ptilonorhynchus smithii'' Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Vigors and Thomas Horsfield, Horsfield. This is a junior synonym of ''Lanius crassirostris'' Gustaf von Paykull, Paykull, 1815, the green catbird. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek αιλουρος/''ailouros'' meaning "cat" with αοιδος/''aoidos'' or ωδος/''ōdos'' meaning "singer". Traditionally, the ''Ailuroedus'' catbirds were classified as three species. However, a 2015 Phylogenetics, phylogenetic and Morphology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptilonorhynchidae
Bowerbirds () make up the bird family (biology), family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate. The family has 27 species in eight genus, genera. These are medium to large-sized passerines, ranging from the golden bowerbird at and to the great bowerbird at and . Their diet consists mainly of fruit but may also include insects (especially for nestlings), flowers, nectar and leaves in some species. The satin and spotted bowerbirds are sometimes considered agricultural pest (organism), pests due to their habit of feeding on introduced fruit and vegetable crops and have occasionally been killed by affected orchardists. The bowerbirds have an Australo-Papuan Range (biology), distribution, with ten species endemism, endemic to New Guinea, eight endemic to Australia, and two found in both. Although their distribution is centered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catbird
Several unrelated groups of songbirds are called catbirds because of their wailing calls, which resemble a cat's meowing. The genus name ''Ailuroedus'' likewise is from the Greek for 'cat-singer' or 'cat-voiced'. Australasian catbirds are the genera ''Ailuroedus'' and the monotypic '' Scenopooetes''. They belong to the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae) of the basal songbirds: * Ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') * White-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') * Tan-capped catbird (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'') * Green catbird (''Ailuroedus crassirostris'') * Spotted catbird (''Ailuroedus melanotis'') * Huon catbird (''Ailuroedus astigmaticus'') * Black-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus melanotis'') * Arfak catbird (''Ailuroedus arfakianus'') * Northern catbird (''Ailuroedus jobiensis'') New World catbirds are two monotypic genera from the mimid family (Mimidae) of the passeridan superfamily Muscicapoidea. Among the Mimidae, they represent independent b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-eared Catbird
The white-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') is a species of bird in the family Ptilonorhynchidae found on New Guinea and the West Papuan Islands. Its natural habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...s are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Martin Irestedt and colleagues examined the white-eared catbird species complex genetically and found there were three distinct lineages: the white-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') proper of the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula, the ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') of the southern lowlands of New Guinea, and tan-capped catbird (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'') of the northern lowlands of New Guinea. In 2016, the ochre-breasted catbird and the tan-capp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochre-breasted Catbird
The ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') is a species of bird in the family Ptilonorhynchidae. It is found in southern New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Until 2016, the ochre-breasted catbird was considered conspecific with the white-eared catbird. Martin Irestedt and colleagues examined the white-eared catbird species complex genetically and found there were three distinct lineages: the white-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') proper of the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula, the ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') of the southern lowlands of New Guinea, and tan-capped catbird (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'') of the northern lowlands of New Guinea. Subspecies Two subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other phys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-eared Catbird
The white-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') is a species of bird in the family Ptilonorhynchidae found on New Guinea and the West Papuan Islands. Its natural habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...s are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Martin Irestedt and colleagues examined the white-eared catbird species complex genetically and found there were three distinct lineages: the white-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') proper of the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula, the ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') of the southern lowlands of New Guinea, and tan-capped catbird (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'') of the northern lowlands of New Guinea. In 2016, the ochre-breasted catbird and the tan-capp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotted Catbird
The spotted catbird (''Ailuroedus maculosus'') is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found in north Queensland, the eastern Moluccas and New Guinea.Higgins, P.J., Peter, J.M. and Cowling, S.J. 2006. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol. 7: Boatbill to Starlings. – Oxford Univ. Press. Although it is a member of the bowerbird family it does not build a bower. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the spotted catbird is evaluated as Least Concern on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is a chunky rainforest bird with emerald green upperparts, a black spot below the dark red eye, and green-olive underparts with extensive pale spotting. It inhabits the Wet Tropics of northern Queensland (Cairns region), and thus does not overlap with similar green catbird. Taxonomy The spotted catbird is one of ten species in the genus ''Ailuroedus'', the non bower-building bowerbirds. The noticeable difference between the two Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-eared Catbird
The black-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus melanotis'') is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found northern Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea, including its surrounding islands. They are named after their cat-like wails and black ear spot. It is described by its Latin name: ''ailur''-cat, ''oidos''-singing, ''melas''-black and ''otus''-ear. Until 2016, ''A. melanotis'' was given the English common name of spotted catbird, this name has now been reassigned to ''A. maculosus''. Martin Irestedt and colleagues examined the black-eared, spotted- and green catbird species complex genetically and found there were seven distinct lineages: the green catbird (''A. crassirostris'') of eastern Australia and the spotted catbird (''A. maculosus'') of eastern Queensland being the earliest offshoots, followed by the Huon catbird (''A. astigmaticus'') and black-capped catbird (''A. melanocephalus'') of eastern New Guinea, the Arfak catbird (''A. arfakianus'') of the Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Catbird
The green catbird (''Ailuroedus crassirostris'') is a species of bowerbird found in subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales. It is named after its distinctive call which sounds like a cat meowing, although it has also been mistaken for a crying child. The green catbird resembles the spotted catbird, which is found in wet tropical rainforests of Far North Queensland. Description Green catbirds are a medium-sized stocky bird with long, powerful legs and a long, stout bill. The back, wings and rump are brilliant Emerald (color), emerald green, with very conspicuous pure white spots at the tips of the tertiaries and secondaries, which, on the tips of coverts, form two white wing-bars. The tail is brownish emerald with white tips. The head is greenish brown mottled black and finely flecked pale buff. The chest is greenish buff to dull emerald with distinctive short white streaks.Michael Morcombe (2003) Field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan-capped Catbird
The tan-capped catbird (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'') is a species of bird in the family Ptilonorhynchidae Bowerbirds () make up the bird family (biology), family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a .... It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Until 2016, the ochre-breasted catbird was considered conspecific with the white-eared catbird. Martin Irestedt and colleagues examined the white-eared catbird species complex genetically and found there were three distinct lineages: the white-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') proper of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula, the ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') of the southern lowlands of New Guinea, and tan-capped catbird (''Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
