Tooth-billed bowerbird
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Scenopoeetes
Coues, 1891
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S. dentirostris
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| Scenopoeetes dentirostris (Ramsay, 1876)
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The tooth-billed bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris) also known as stagemaker bowerbird and tooth-billed catbird is a medium-sized, approximately 27 centimetres (11 in) long, stocky olive-brown bowerbird with brown-streaked buffish-white below, a grey feet, brown iris and unique tooth-like bill.[2][3][4] Both sexes are similar, however the female is slightly smaller than the male. It is the only member in monotypic genus Scenopoeetes.
An Australian endemic, the tooth-billed bowerbird is distributed to mountain forests of northeast Queensland.[5] Its diet consists mainly of fruits and young leaves of forest trees.
The male is polygamous and builds a display-court or "stage-type bower", decorated with fresh green leaves laid with pale underside uppermost.[6] The leaves are collected by the male by chewing through the leaf stalk and old leaves are removed from the display-court. The display-court consists of a cleared area containing at least one tree trunk used by the male for perching. Upon the approach of a female the male drops to the ground and displays.
A common species in its limited habitat range, the tooth-billed bowerbird is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
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References
- Pizzey, G and Knight, F. (1997). "The Field Guide to Birds of Australia". Angus and Robertson. Sydney.
