Pied butcherbird
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The pied butcherbird is a songbird native to Australia. Initially described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black-and-white bird 28 to 32 cm long with a long, hooked bill. Its head and throat are black
Pied Butcherbird Male 03
Painting by John Gould
Subsp. picatus at Slate Range (Gibson Desert)
Immature bird – City Botanic Gardens – Brisbane
Butcherbird
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Butcherbirds are songbirds in the Cracticinae subfamily of the Artamidae family. Most species are placed in the genus Cracticus, while the black butcherbird is placed in the monotypic genus Melloria.
Pied butcherbird
…rapidly from many refugia during the Pleistocene. The pied butcherbird is one of six (or seven) members of the genus Cracticus, known colloquially as butcherbirds. Within the genus, it is most closely related to the Tagula butcherbird (C. louisiadensis) and hooded butcherbird (C. cassicus). The three form a…
Cracticus torquatus Brisbane garden fence 8
Black butcherbird with the remains of a wing in Cairns, Australia.
Eating a rhinoceros beetle