# Catbird

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[[File:Ailuroedus buccoides -Denver Zoo-8a.jpg|thumb|right|[White-eared catbird](/source/White-eared_catbird)]]
[[File:Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis).jpg|thumb|right|[Gray catbird](/source/Gray_catbird)]]
[[File:Dumetella carolinensis -Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Toledo, Ohio, USA -calls-8.ogv|right|thumb|A [gray catbird](/source/gray_catbird) voicing cat-like sounds at [Wildwood Preserve Metropark](/source/Wildwood_Preserve_Metropark), Ohio, US]]
Several unrelated groups of [songbird](/source/songbird)s are called '''catbirds''' because of their wailing calls, which resemble a [cat](/source/cat)'s [meow](/source/meow)ing. The [genus name](/source/genus_name) ''Ailuroedus'' likewise is from the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) for 'cat-singer' or 'cat-voiced'.<ref>Rowland (2008): pp.7,31</ref>

'''[Australasia](/source/Australasia)n catbirds''' are the [genera](/source/genera) ''[Ailuroedus](/source/Ailuroedus)'' and the [monotypic](/source/monotypic) ''[Scenopooetes](/source/Scenopooetes)''. They belong to the [bowerbird](/source/bowerbird) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) (Ptilonorhynchidae) of the [basal](/source/basal_(evolution)) songbirds:
* [Ochre-breasted catbird](/source/Ochre-breasted_catbird) (''Ailuroedus stonii'')
* [White-eared catbird](/source/White-eared_catbird) (''Ailuroedus buccoides'')
* [Tan-capped catbird](/source/Tan-capped_catbird) (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'')
* [Green catbird](/source/Green_catbird) (''Ailuroedus crassirostris'')
* [Spotted catbird](/source/Spotted_catbird) (''Ailuroedus maculosus'')
* [Black-eared catbird](/source/Black-eared_catbird) (''Ailuroedus melanotis'')

'''[New World](/source/New_World) catbirds''' are two monotypic genera from the [mimid](/source/mimid) family (Mimidae) of the [passerida](/source/passerida)n superfamily [Muscicapoidea](/source/Muscicapoidea). Among the Mimidae, they represent independent basal lineages probably closer to the Caribbean [thrasher](/source/thrasher) and [trembler](/source/trembler) assemblage than to the [mockingbird](/source/mockingbird)s and ''[Toxostoma](/source/Toxostoma)'' thrashers:<ref>Hunt et al. (2001), Barber et al. (2004)</ref>
* [Gray catbird](/source/Gray_catbird), ''Dumetella carolinensis''
* [Black catbird](/source/Black_catbird), ''Melanoptila glabrirostris''

The '''[Abyssinian catbird](/source/Abyssinian_catbird)''' (''Sylvia galinieri'') is found in [Africa](/source/Africa). It was previously considered to represent a monotypic genus ''Parophasma''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=GrrlScientist |date=2011-06-21 |title=Mystery bird: Ethiopian catbird, Parophasma galinieri |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/jun/22/1 |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* Barber, Brian R.; Martínez-Gómez, Juan E. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2004): Systematic position of the Socorro mockingbird ''Mimodes graysoni''. ''[J. Avian Biol.](/source/Journal_of_Avian_Biology)'' '''35''': 195–198. <small>{{doi|10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03233.x}}</small> [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907051342/http://www.specifysoftware.org/Informatics/bios/biostownpeterson/BMP_JAB_2004.pdf PDF fulltext]
* Hunt, Jeffrey S.; Bermingham, Eldredge; & Ricklefs, Robert E. (2001): Molecular systematics and biogeography of Antillean thrashers, tremblers, and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae). ''[Auk](/source/Auk_(journal))'' '''118'''(1): 35–55. <small>[DOI](/source/Digital_Object_Identifier):10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0035:MSABOA]2.0.CO;2</small> [http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/1460/1/Hunt_Bermingham_and_Ricklefs.pdf PDF fulltext] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227001940/http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/1460/1/Hunt_Bermingham_and_Ricklefs.pdf |date=2012-02-27 }}
* Rowland, Peter (2008): ''Bowerbirds''. CSIRO Publishing. <small>{{ISBN|0-643-09420-2}}</small> [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ofqfr_eyqRIC Excerpt] at [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)

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