Black-capped catbird
The black-capped catbird is a species of bowerbird, native to southeastern New Guinea.
This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the spotted catbird before being reclassified as a distinct species in 2016. Martin Irestedt and colleagues examined the black-eared, spotted- and green catbird species complex genetically and found there were seven distinct lineages: the green catbird of eastern Australia and the spotted catbird of eastern Queensland being the earliest offshoots, followed by the Huon catbird and black-capped catbird of eastern New Guinea, the Arfak catbird of the Bird's Head Peninsula, the northern catbird of central-northern New Guinea, and black-eared catbird of southwestern New Guinea, Aru Islands and far North Queensland.
