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title: "Green Catbird"
description: "Ailuroedus crassirostris — Birds. The green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) is a species of bowerbird found in subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-catbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Catbird

> Ailuroedus crassirostris — Birds. The green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) is a species of bowerbird found in subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales.

- Scientific name: *Ailuroedus crassirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1715
- Wikidata: [Q1190005](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190005)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14514](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14514)

## Names

- en: Green Catbird
- de: Grüner Laubenvogel
- es: Maullador Verde
- fr: Jardinier vert
- nl: Groene katvogel
- pl: Miauczek zielony

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1621)

## Summary

The green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) is a species of bowerbird found in subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales. It is named after its distinctive call which sounds like a cat meowing, although it has also been mistaken for a crying child.  The green catbird resembles the spotted catbird, which is found in wet tropical rainforests of Far North Queensland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_catbird

## Photo

![Green Catbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-catbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Bowdler Sharpe · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ailuroedus_crassirostris_by_Bowdler_Sharpe.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-catbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).