Catbirds

Spotted Catbird, Ailuroedus melanotis

Grey Catbirds The name "Catbird" is applied to either unrelated or distantly related songbird families that have in common a voice that resembles a cat's meowing.


Description

The plumages of catbirds vary from grey, blue-grey, greyish-brown to nearly blackish, possibly with dark / black markings.


Diet / Feeding

Their diet depends on the species -- with some species mostly eating insects (taken in flight) and some fruits. Other species mostly eat fruits and green food; while some take fruit, seeds, flowers, insects and even the eggs or chicks of other birds.


Breeding / Nesting

The nests are usually constructed out of twigs, grass, leaves, bark and roots; and lined with fine grass in bushes, vines and low trees often near creeks.


CatbirdsAustralasian catbirds:

  • White-eared Catbird, Ailuroedus buccoides

  • Spotted Catbird, Ailuroedus melanotis

  • Green Catbird, Ailuroedus crassirostris

  • Tooth-billed Catbird, Scenopooetes dentirostris

American Catbirds

  • Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis

  • Black Catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris

African Catbirds

The Abyssinian Catbird (Parophasma galinieri)

White-eared Catbird (Ailuroedus buccoides) Green Catbird, Ailuroedus crassirostris



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