Northern catbird

 ( Northern Catbird ) 

The Northern catbird ( Ailuroedus jobiensis) is a species of bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchidae) which can be found in central-northern 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 ( A. crassirostris) of eastern Australia and the spotted catbird ( A. maculosus) of eastern Queensland being the earliest offshoots, followed by the Huon catbird ( A. astigmaticus) and black-capped catbird ( A. melanocephalus) of eastern New Guinea, the Arfak catbird ( A. arfakianus) of the Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula, the northern catbird ( A. jobiensis) of central-northern New Guinea, and black-eared catbird ( A.melanotis) of southwestern New Guinea, Aru Islands and far North Queensland.