Spotted Catbird
Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bowerbirds

Spotted Catbird

Ailuroedus maculosus

NENot Evaluated Endemic to Australia
Family
Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The spotted catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus) 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.
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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.