Spotted Catbird
Ailuroedus maculosus· 园丁鸟科(1 photos)
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Spotted Catbird
Two simlar species recently separated: Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus joanae
26-30 cm. Bill bone-white; eye dark red; plumage green, with heavier markings. Spotted Catbird: crown/nape/ear-coverts brownish black with plentiful fine buff spots; throat/breast buff-white, with chainmail pattern of bold, pointed olive-black feather margins. Black-eared Catbird: similar, but crown/nape/ear-coverts blacker, underparts with pale spotting.
- Voice
- like yowling cat: loud, nasal, drawling, human-like 'here-I-are'. Contact and alarm call: slight, sharp 'pik!', or 'tik'.
- Habitat
- mountain and lowland rainforests and margins; densely foliaged gullies; paperbarks and other watercourse timber; nearby cultivated areas; gardens.
- Breeding
- Sept.-Feb.
- Nest
- substantial open cup of vines, twigs, leaves, moss; lined with vines, rootlets, bark fibre; in tangle of vines, sapling, fork of tree, tree fern, 3-6 m high; occasionally to 30 m.
- Eggs
- 2; plain creamy white.
- Range & Status
- Spotted Catbird: coastal ne. Q, from Paluma Ra., near Townsville, n. to near Cooktown, inland on Atherton Tableland and other mountain rainforests. Sedentary; with probable movement to habitats below 500 m in winter. Black-eared Catbird: ne. C. York Pen., from Rocky R. n. to Claudie R., incl. rainforests of McIlwraith Ra. and Iron Ra. NP. Also PNG and islands.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus joanae. 2. Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
