Wednesday, September 30, 2015

TOOTH-BILLED BOWERBIRD

Photographed at Mount Lewis, Queensland, September 2015
666          TOOTH-BILLED BOWERBILL            Scenopoeetes dentirostris

Australia            (508)

Also known as Stagemaker or Toothbilled Catbird. 26-27 cm. Found in highland rainforests and vine scrubs; occasionally venturing to nearby thickets and plantations. Range: highlands of ne. Q, between 500 and 1400 m, occasionally lower; from Mt Amos, near Cooktown, s. to Mt Elliot near Townsville (Q). Common, sedentary.






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