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Green catbird        Images © Mark A. Chappell

The two species of catbirds (green and spotted) are relatives of the bowerbirds named for their startlingly catlike yowling calls.   Like bowerbirds they feed on fruit and insects; unlike bowerbirds, they do not make bowers, and the sexes are quite similar.   They are forest birds, found along much of the east coast of Australia; this one was photographed in the Wollongong Botanic Gardens, New South Wales and in Wollongong.

  • Canon 40D, 500 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2009)