Tooth-billed Bowerbird
A species of Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Also known as Stagemaker Scientific name : Scenopoeetes dentirostris Genus : Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Tooth-billed Bowerbird, A species of Tooth-billed Bowerbird
Also known as:
Stagemaker
Botanical name: Scenopoeetes dentirostris
Genus: Tooth-billed Bowerbird
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Description
Description
The tooth-billed bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris) also known as stagemaker bowerbird and tooth-billed catbird is a medium-sized, approximately 27 centimetres (11 in) long, stocky olive-brown bowerbird with brown-streaked buffish white below, grey feet, brown iris and unique tooth-like bill. Both sexes are similar, however the female is slightly smaller than the male. It is the only member in monotypic genus Scenopoeetes. An Australian endemic, the tooth-billed bowerbird is distributed to mountain forests of northeast Queensland. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and young leaves of forest trees. The male is polygamous and builds a display-court or "stage-type bower", decorated with fresh green leaves laid with pale underside uppermost. The leaves are collected by the male by chewing through the leaf stalk and old leaves are removed from the display-court. The display-court consists of a cleared area containing at least one tree trunk used by the male for perching. Upon the approach of a female the male drops to the ground and displays. A common species in its limited habitat range, the tooth-billed bowerbird is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 
Size
27 cm
Feeding Habits
Tooth-billed Bowerbird consumes primarily fruits, arthropods, leaves, stems, and flowers. They forage by searching the canopy and hawk termites and cicadas. Adult tooth-billed Bowerbird manipulate leaves before eating, and nestlings are fed fruits and insects. They feed solitarily or with other frugivores, particularly during display season.
Habitat
The habitat of tooth-billed Bowerbird encompasses upland rainforests where they are often found in areas characterized by hilltops and contiguous slopes or ridges. These birds favor undisturbed rainforests, although they can also inhabit adjacent disturbed rainforests and acacia regrowth forests. They are associated with forests that have a complexity of vegetation structure that provides the resources needed for their unique courtship behavior and feeding.
Dite type
Frugivorous
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Bowerbirds Genus
Tooth-billed Bowerbird Species
Tooth-billed Bowerbird 
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