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Arfak catbird

Ailuroedus arfakianus A. B. Meyer, 1874

Status not recordedsongbirds

The arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus) is a species in the family Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the arfak catbird

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the arfak catbird live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The arfak catbird is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Is the arfak catbird endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the arfak catbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPtilonorhynchidae
  6. genusAiluroedus
  7. SpeciesAiluroedus arfakianus A. B. Meyer, 1874
Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Vogelkop KattefuglDanish
  • ArfaklaubenvogelGerman
  • arfaka katoptilonorinkoEsperanto
  • Maullador de ArfakSpanish
  • Jardinier de l'ArfakFrench
  • アルファクネコドリJapanese
  • VogelkopkatvogelDutch
  • arfakkattefuglNorwegian
  • miauczek czarnogardłyPolish
  • miador-de-arfakPortuguese
  • Арфакская птица-кошкаRussian
  • šiatorník zelenoprsýSlovak
  • Arfak mačkuljaSerbian
  • arfakkattfågelSwedish
  • Arfak KedikuşuTurkish
  • нявкун арфаканськийUkrainian
  • 阿法克貓鳥Chinese
  • Jardinier de l’ArfakFrench
  • miador-das-arfakPortuguese
  • 阿法园丁鸟Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the arfak catbird

Other species in the same genus Ailuroedus.

LC, Least Concern
Green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)

Green catbird

Ailuroedus crassirostris

Ptilonorhynchidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the arfak catbird live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the arfak catbird for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the arfak catbird?

The arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus) belongs to the family Ptilonorhynchidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arfak-catbird

MLA

“Arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arfak-catbird.

BibTeX
@misc{arfak_catbird_2026,
  title = {Arfak catbird (Ailuroedus arfakianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arfak-catbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}