Ailuroedus

Ailuroedus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ptilonorhynchidae
Genus: Ailuroedus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Ptilonorhynchus smithii[1]
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Species

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Ailuroedus is a genus of birds in the bowerbird family, Ptilonorhynchidae, native to forests in Australia and New Guinea. The common name, catbird, refers to these species' "wailing cat-like calls".[2] The scientific name Ailuroedus is derived from the Greek 'ailouros', meaning cat, and 'eidos', referring to form (or perhaps from oaidos, singer).[3][4]

  1. ^ "Ptilorhynchidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Rowland, Peter (2008). Bowerbirds. CSIRO Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-643-09420-8. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  3. ^ Morris 1898, [1].
  4. ^ Gregory, Phil (2020). Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds: An Identification Guide. Princeton University Press. p. 323. ISBN 9780691202143.