Black-capped catbird

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Black-cappedcatbird
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A. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Ailuroedus melanocephalus
Rothschild, 1895

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The black-capped catbird (Ailuroedus melanocephalus) is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhyncidae) which can be found in northeastern New Guinea.

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) of the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula, 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]

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