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Spotted catbird

Ailuroedus maculosus E. P. Ramsay, 1875

Status not recordedsongbirds

The spotted catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus) 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 spotted 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 spotted 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 spotted catbird is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Australia

Is the spotted 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 spotted catbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyPtilonorhynchidae
  6. genusAiluroedus
  7. SpeciesAiluroedus maculosus E. P. Ramsay, 1875

Synonyms Ailuroedus crassirostris maculosus, Ailuroedus melanotis maculosus, Ailuroedus melanotus fairfaxi

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Halifax KattefuglDanish
  • TüpfellaubenvogelGerman
  • punkta katoptilonorinkoEsperanto
  • Maullador moteadoSpanish
  • SuomusmaragdinaukujaFinnish
  • Jardinier de RamsayFrench
  • マダラネコドリJapanese
  • Gevlekte KatvogelDutch
  • flekkattefuglNorwegian
  • miauczek plamistyPolish
  • miador-malhadoPortuguese
  • Крапчатая птица-кошкаRussian
  • šiatorník sivohrdlýSlovak
  • Pegava mačkuljaSerbian
  • fläckig kattfågelSwedish
  • Benekli KedikuşuTurkish
  • нявкун перлистоволийUkrainian
  • 點斑貓鳥Chinese
  • Gefleckter LaubenvogelGerman
  • Maullador ManchadoSpanish
  • miador-pintalgadoPortuguese
  • 点斑园丁鸟Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spotted catbird

Other species in the same genus Ailuroedus.

LC, Least Concern
Green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)

Green catbird

Ailuroedus crassirostris

Ptilonorhynchidae

Arfak catbird

Ailuroedus arfakianus

PtilonorhynchidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the spotted catbird live?

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

What kind of animal is the spotted catbird?

The spotted catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus) 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). Spotted catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-catbird

MLA

“Spotted catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-catbird.

BibTeX
@misc{spotted_catbird_2026,
  title = {Spotted catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-catbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}