{{Short description|Group of birds}} {{Other uses}} [[File:Ailuroedus buccoides -Denver Zoo-8a.jpg|thumb|right|White-eared catbird]] [[File:Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis).jpg|thumb|right|Gray catbird]] [[File:Dumetella carolinensis -Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Toledo, Ohio, USA -calls-8.ogv|right|thumb|A gray catbird voicing cat-like sounds at Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Ohio, US]] Several unrelated groups of songbirds are called '''catbirds''' because of their wailing calls, which resemble a cat's meowing. The genus name ''Ailuroedus'' likewise is from the Greek for 'cat-singer' or 'cat-voiced'.<ref>Rowland (2008): pp.7,31</ref>
'''Australasian catbirds''' are the genera ''Ailuroedus'' and the monotypic ''Scenopooetes''. They belong to the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae) of the basal songbirds: * Ochre-breasted catbird (''Ailuroedus stonii'') * White-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus buccoides'') * Tan-capped catbird (''Ailuroedus geislerorum'') * Green catbird (''Ailuroedus crassirostris'') * Spotted catbird (''Ailuroedus maculosus'') * Black-eared catbird (''Ailuroedus melanotis'')
'''New World catbirds''' are two monotypic genera from the mimid family (Mimidae) of the passeridan superfamily Muscicapoidea. Among the Mimidae, they represent independent basal lineages probably closer to the Caribbean thrasher and trembler assemblage than to the mockingbirds and ''Toxostoma'' thrashers:<ref>Hunt et al. (2001), Barber et al. (2004)</ref> * Gray catbird, ''Dumetella carolinensis'' * Black catbird, ''Melanoptila glabrirostris''
The '''Abyssinian catbird''' (''Sylvia galinieri'') is found in 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== {{reflist}}
==References== * Barber, Brian R.; Martínez-Gómez, Juan E. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2004): Systematic position of the Socorro mockingbird ''Mimodes graysoni''. ''J. Avian Biol.'' '''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'' '''118'''(1): 35–55. <small>DOI: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
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