In mid September Dave Crawford, guide from Mareeba Wetlands located a
male Tooth-billed Bowerbird along Black Mountain Road, north of Kuranda
NQ. At the time it was mimicing voices of the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
and Olive-backed Oriole, species that it would not generally come into
contact with at higher altitudes.
On the 20th September with Dave we located a well cleared playground
in a rainforest area primarily composed of lawyer vine. It was covered
with about forty leaves (under side up) and the bird was present and
singing fitfully.
A week later the site was visited by Martin Cachard from Cairns who
with a GPS calculated the altitude at 423 metres. Currently most of the
other Tooth-bills are singing at their bowers at an altitude of 650
metres and above.
This location could well be the lowest recorded singing court for
the species. It is not known if there are any females in the area. For
this male it would seem to be a huge time and effort investment if that
is indeed the case.
Del. Richards, Fine Feather Tours, Mossman, NQ.
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