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Tooth-billed BowerbirdAlternate name(s): "Tooth-billed Catbird", "Stage-maker", "Leaf-turner" ![]() Size: 26-28 cm Weight: 130-200 g |
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Full-frontal view of a male Tooth-billed Bowerbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
Frontal view of a male Tooth-billed Bowerbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
Frontal/ventral view of a male Tooth-billed Bowerbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
Near-frontal view of a male Tooth-billed Bowerbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
Near-frontal view of a male Tooth-billed Bowerbird
issuing its call
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
Near-lateral view of a male Tooth-billed Bowerbird
issuing its call
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a male Tooth-billed Bowerbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
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FEMALE |
Frontal view of a female Tooth-billed Bowerbird; note the
orange gape (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
Near-lateral view of a female Tooth-billed Bowerbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Paluma Rainforest, near Townsville, QLD, September 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a female Tooth-billed Bowerbird
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
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Breeding information |
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Twitcher's tip |
A bower is NOT a nest - it is a male bird's courting alley. Nests, built by female birds, are in fact kept well away from bowers.
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Behaviour |
Social behaviour: Territorial | Mobility: Sedentary/roaming | Elementary unit: Solitary |
Male birds are sedentary, females are roaming.
Telescopic view of a Tooth-billed Bowerbird's "bower",
which is more similar to the scrape of a male
Superb Lyrebird
than other
bowerbirds'
bowers
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
tbbower_me_20200927.m4a | (N QLD) | Display songs | © ME | |
tbbower_me_20200927_4.m4a | (N QLD) | Various | © ME | |
tbbower_me_20200927_5.m4a | (N QLD) | Various | © ME | |
tbbower_me_20200927_6.m4a | (N QLD) | Various | © ME | |
tbbower_me_20200927_7.m4a | (N QLD) |
Mimicry (Bower's Shrike-thrush) |
© ME | |
tbbower_me_20200927_2.m4a | (N QLD) | ? | © ME | |
tbbower_me_20200927_3.m4a | (N QLD) | ? | © ME |
More Tooth-billed Bowerbird sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.