Butcherbird - Wikipedia
Most are found in the genus Cracticus, but the black butcherbird is placed in the monotypic genus Melloria. They are native to Australasia.
Butcherbird | Songbird, Carnivore, Predator | Britannica
butcherbird, in general, any bird that impales its prey (small vertebrates, large insects) on a thorn or wedges it into a crack or a forked twig in order to tear it or, sometimes, to store it.
Grey butcherbird - Wikipedia
The silver-backed butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus) from Arnhem Land and northwestern Australia over to Port Hedland, originally described by John Gould in 1841, was later deemed to be a subspecies of the grey butcherbird. Recently, however, it has again been re-described as a separate species.
Grey Butcherbird - Birds in Backyards
The Black Butcherbird, Cracticus quoyi, from the rainforests and mangroves of the north of Australia is all black, with a blue-grey bill. The widespread Pied Butcherbird, C. nigrogularis, is larger and boldly marked in black and white.
Black butcherbird - Wikipedia
The black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi, also known as Cracticus quoyi) is a species of butcherbird in the family Artamidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
Grey butcherbird - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The grey butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) is a widely distributed species endemic to Australia. It occurs in a range of different habitats including arid, semi-arid and temperate zones. It is found across southern Australia, but is absent from the deserts of central Australia and the monsoon tropics of northern Australia.
Gray Butcherbird - eBird
Medium-sized ambush-hunter with a long gray bill with a dark, hooked tip. Black head and face with a white nape and throat. Upperparts dark gray, with white rump, mostly black wings (limited white), and black tail with narrow white tip. Rollicking, chuckling song.
Grey Butcherbird Calls & Song - YouTube
2024年11月28日 · The sounds of a Grey Butcherbird making typical calls and song in the Australian bush. The Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) is a common species of song...
Black Butcherbird - eBird
Medium-sized ambush-hunter with a long gray bill with a dark, hooked tip. Completely black plumage; in some cases immature is brown instead of black. Inhabits denser vegetation of mangroves and rainforest edges. Song is varied, with deep warbling; many calls, including a loud, throaty, ringing note.
Grey Butcherbird - BirdLife Australia
However, with its strong, hooked beak and its fierce stare, the Grey Butcherbird is not a bird to be messed with. Butcherbirds get their name from their habit of hanging captured prey on a hook or in a tree fork, or crevice.