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 LC    Green Catbird* Id (Atlas): 676
    Ailuroedus crassirostris Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Green Catbird, Large-billed Catbird

Family
Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)

Size
24 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Paykull, 1815)

Derivation
Ail-ur-oed'-us - Gk, ailouros, cat; Gk, eidos, form: crass-i-ros'-tris - L., crassus, thick; L., rostrum, bill

Abundance (Guide)
MC - LUC

Common. Sedentary.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Green Catbird
Coastal eastern Australia from south-eastern Queensland (Dawes Range area) south to south-eastern New South Wales (to area due east of about Canberra).
 
From about Gympie and Kingaroy, Qld south to Mount Dromedary, near Narooma, NSW.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Probably secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Omnivorous. Mainly fruit, but also flowers, buds, leaves, stems and seeds, and some small animals, mainly invertbrates, but also tree frogs and nestling birds.

Voice


Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

 
Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) [XC195638]
     by Andrew Spencer from Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia (call)

 
Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) [XC146088]
     by nick talbot from Watagan National Park (near Laguna), New South Wales, Australia (call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
September - February.

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Nest
Bowl-shaped, composed of long twigs and vine-stems entwined around a layer of broad leaves, occasionally moss, lined with fine twigs, usually placed in dense foliage in the crown of a small tree, or in a vine-tangle, from 3 - 10 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
1 - 3, usually 2; slightly lustrous, plain cream or cream-buff; oval; about 39 - 44 x 25 - 30 mm. Incubation: 23 - 24 days; by female.

Young
Fledge in about 3 weeks.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Probably forms a superspecies with Spotted Catbird (Ailuroedus melanotis) and sometimes considered conspecific.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
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