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ForestGround nestMedium · 180 g
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Spotted catbirds are 26–30 cm. Males weigh 180g and females weigh 168g. Adults have a large, dusky colored head with a blackish cap and black ear-patch. They have mostly bright-green upperparts with heavy olive chevrons and white streaking on the underbody. They have slim white wing bars and a white-tipped green tail. The eye is red and it has a stout, cream colored beak. The legs and feet are dark to bluish grey. Males and females have similar plumage. Their coloring differs from other bowerbirds which have a plumage color pattern consisting of a mixture of two colors of various proportions.
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When to see the Spotted Catbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Spotted Catbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Spotted Catbird
The spotted catbird is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found in north Queensland in Australia, the eastern Moluccas and New Guinea. Although it is a member of the bowerbird family, it does not build a bower.
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Easily confused with
Black-eared CatbirdAiluroedus melanotisThe black-eared catbird is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found northern Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea, including its surrounding islands.
Tan-capped CatbirdAiluroedus geislerorumThe tan-capped catbird is a species of bird in the family Ptilonorhynchidae.
Ochre-breasted CatbirdAiluroedus stoniiThe ochre-breasted catbird is a species of bird in the family Ptilonorhynchidae.
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