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Tooth-billed Bowerbird
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Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Scenopoeetes dentirostris
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, grey feet, brown iris and unique tooth-like bill. Both sexes are similar, however the female is slightly smaller than the male. It is the only member in monotypic genus Scenopoeetes.
From the article Tooth-billed bowerbird on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The tooth-billed bowerbird is a medium-sized (approximately 27 centimetres (11 in) long) bowerbird. It is a stocky olive-brown bird with brown-streaked buffish white underparts, grey feet, a brown iris and a distinctive serrated bill. The sexes are similar, but the female is slightly smaller than the male.
Range & habitat
The tooth-billed bowerbird is endemic to the mountain forests of northeast Queensland, Australia. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and young leaves of forest trees.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14549.