Identification: Head green with faint black flecks on the crown and face. The neck is green with fine white streaks. The rest of the upper parts are an emerald green. The wings and tail are green with dusky inner edges and white tips to flight feathers. The chin and throat are grey-green mottled with black and streaked with white.
 

Call/Song:  Earns its name from its very distinctive call, similar to a cat or a baby crying. Also makes guttural clicking sounds. Sound: D. Stewart -used with permission

From the Bunya Mountains and Gympie, to southern New South Wales. 

Habitat:Green catbirds rarely leave the tall rainforest.

Feeding: Diet comprised of fruit and leaves.

Breeding/Nesting:   Breeds from September through to January. Their nest is a large, quite deep cup made of large dried leaves and twigs bound with tendrils.

Movement: Usually a shy animal which spends much of its time foraging for food in the lower and middle levels of the forest canopy.
 

Photo:  Glenn Threlfo

Status: Common

 
Distribution: This bird can be observed almost anywhere in the sub-tropical rainforest. Close to the either entrance of the main Border track are good places to see the bird. During the late afternoon in Spring and Summer, this bird calls frequently making it easier to locate.

Abundance:  In moderate numbers, mainly found in the subtropical rainforest.

Queensland Museum (1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Reader's Digest Services (1979) Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds, Surry Hills, NSW.