Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Immature Front
Ellura
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Immature, outstretched wings
 
                      
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Cuckoo-shrike (Campephagidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
This Photo:     Immature Back, tail's white edge

Thank you Matt Campbell, Antoni Camozzato & Anthony Paul for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
A fairly large pretty grey bird with a distinctive black face, blending through to grey and then white under.
Swoops as it flies.
Similar to a Grey Shrike-thrush from the back, but larger.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 22-Apr-2013
This species is classed as NT (Near Threatened) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)