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They are named after their cat-like wails and black ear spot.
At a glance
Sounds
Range map
Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Taxonomy The black-eared catbird was formally described in 1858 as Ptilonorhynchus melanotis by the English zoologist George Gray based on a specimen collected by Alfred Russel Wallace in the Aru Islands.
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