Arfak catbird
Arfak catbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ptilonorhynchidae |
Genus: | Ailuroedus |
Species: | A. arfakianus |
Binomial name | |
Ailuroedus arfakianus A.B. Meyer, 1874 | |
Subspecies | |
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The Arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus) is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found in the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula in western New Guinea.
This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the spotted catbird before being reclassified as a distinct species in 2016. Martin Irestedt and colleagues examined the black-eared, spotted- and green catbird species complex genetically and found there were seven distinct lineages: the green catbird (A. crassirostris) of eastern Australia and the spotted catbird (A. maculosus) of eastern Queensland being the earliest offshoots, followed by the Huon catbird (A. astigmaticus) and black-capped catbird (A. melanocephalus) of eastern New Guinea, the Arfak catbird (A. arfakianus), the northern catbird (A. jobiensis) of central-northern New Guinea, and black-eared catbird (A.melanotis) of southwestern New Guinea, Aru Islands and far North Queensland.[1]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[2]
- Ailuroedus arfakianus misoliensis – Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939: found on Misool Island (Papua)
- Ailuroedus arfakianus arfakianus – A.B. Meyer, 1874: found in the Vogelkop Mountains of northwest New Guinea
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- Ochre-breasted catbird (A. stonii)
- White-eared catbird (A. buccoides)
- Tan-capped catbird (A. geislerorum)
- Green catbird (A. crassirostris)
- Spotted catbird (A. maculosus)
- Huon catbird (A. astigmaticus)
- Black-capped catbird (A. melanocephalus)
- Black-eared catbird (A. melanotis)
- Arfak catbird (A. arfakianus)
- Northern catbird (A. jobiensis)
- Tooth-billed catbird (S. dentirostris)
- Archbold's bowerbird (A. papuensis)
- Sanford's bowerbird (A. sanfordi)
- Vogelkop bowerbird (A. inornata)
- MacGregor's bowerbird (A. macgregoriae)
- Huon bowerbird (A. germanus)
- Streaked bowerbird (A. subalaris)
- Golden-fronted bowerbird (A. flavifrons)
- Golden bowerbird (P. newtoniana)
- Masked bowerbird (S. aureus)
- Flame bowerbird (S. ardens)
- Fire-maned bowerbird (S. bakeri)
- Regent bowerbird (S. chrysocephalus)
- Satin bowerbird (P. violaceus)
- Western bowerbird (C. guttata)
- Spotted bowerbird (C. maculata)
- Great bowerbird (C. nuchalis)
- Yellow-breasted bowerbird (C. lauterbachi)
- Fawn-breasted bowerbird (C. cerviniventris)