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The pied butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) is a songbird native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird 28 to 32 cm (11 to 12.5 in) long with a long hooked bill.
Black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi) Genus Cracticus. Grey butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) Silver-backed butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus) - alternately a subspecies of C. torquatus; Hooded butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) Tagula butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis) Black-backed butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) Pied butcherbird (Cracticus ...
Shrikes (/ ʃ r aɪ k /) are passerine birds of the family Laniidae.The family is composed of 34 species in two genera.. The family name, and that of the larger genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of the habit, particularly of males, of impaling prey onto plant spines within their territories.
Grey butcherbird: Australia Cracticus argenteus: Silver-backed butcherbird: northern Australia Cracticus cassicus: Hooded butcherbird: New Guinea. Cracticus louisiadensis: Tagula butcherbird: Tagula Island in Papua New Guinea. Cracticus mentalis: Black-backed butcherbird: southern New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula. Cracticus nigrogularis: Pied ...
The cracticines, despite their fairly plain, utilitarian appearance, are highly intelligent and have extraordinarily beautiful songs of great subtlety. Particularly noteworthy are the pied butcherbird, the pied currawong and the Australian magpie.
The grey butcherbird is a small grey, black and white bird with a weight of 90 grams (3.2 ounces), a body length between 27 and 30 cm (11 and 12 in) and a wing span expanding 37–43 cm (15–17 in). The grey butcherbird is smaller than the Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis). [7]
Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia. It includes 24 extant species in six genera and three subfamilies: Peltopsinae (with one genus, Peltops), Artaminae (with one genus containing the woodswallows) and Cracticinae (currawongs and butcherbirds, including the Australian magpie).
The pied butcherbird has a similar build and plumage, but has white underparts unlike the former species' black underparts. The magpie-lark is a much smaller and more delicate bird with complex and very different banded black and white plumage.