White-Eared Catbird by danob
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Description
This is the white eared Catbird so called for it's call which sounds like a cat meowing it is a member of the Bowerbird family. I cant say I have ever seen anything like him before with the green and cream colours and Thrush like breast.
Or if it behaves in the usual Bower bird mating rituals of other 19 Ptilonorhynchidae
The bowerbirds are confined to the great island of New Guinea and the island continent of Australia, and their immediately adjacent islands. They are medium-sized birds, omnivorous and largely solitary. They are unique in the avian world in that the males build elaborate 'bowers': structures of sticks, grasses or other plant stems on or close to the ground for display and courtship, often incorporating objects such as colourful fruits, flowers, feathers, bones, stones, shells, insect skeletons, and numerous other natural (and human-made) objects.
Thanks for looking and if you care to comment
Comments (48)
Wonderful detailed shot!!
Oh this bird looks really beautiful! A lovely shot you have posted here!!!
I've heard the sound of the catbirds, but never seen one as yet, excellent capture
Beautiful bird capture and colours, excellent well done.
Excellent shot Danny. A Catbird? Interesting. Another one I've never heard of or seen before.
No..... you made that up..... is it April 1st? Sparrow's head, thrush's body, wings from a parrot, bit of postwork & voila a catbird.... off to google it now....
wonderful shot, excellent!!
spectacular colors and superb capture
Really awesome shot.
Beautiful capture...
Parfais!
Excellent capture of a lovely bird.
Wonderful colors and incredible capture!
he's beautiful!
Wonderful capture, presentation and narrative Danny, I wonder are they kept behind glass at bird world? You and David both have got some fantastic shots from there. I can imagine that quite a lot of the birds there need a pretty constant temperature to survive. You did say on one of your previous posts that one of the birds fed from your hand before posing for you. I cannot imagine them all flying free, like they have in Butterfly houses. Excellent work. Bravo!!!!!
again a beautiful and nicely composed capture..excellent.
Excellent capture!! Looks like it comes straight out the Audubon magazine, or something. So perfect. ;o)
I have not enough words to describe this beauty!