Grey Butcherbird
Immature, profile
Grey Butcherbird
Immature, back
| Grey Butcherbird Immature, profile | | Grey Butcherbird Immature, back | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | ||||
| Family: | Crow (Artamidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Immature, profile, older | ||||
Thank you Andrew Allen for confirming the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: We suspect this specimen is older than the previous shot. The beak colour is closer to adult, and the feathers are smaller. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere A smartly dressed (in grey, black & white) inquisitive bird. Immature birds can look like Kookaburras. Looking at zzey's, you'd swear the juvenile's face is that of a Pied Butcherbird (as their drawing of the immature Grey doesn't look like ours). But the swirling beige lines around the eye are not identifiers. We haven't been able to tell the difference between Grey & Pied juvenile birds. As such our juveniles on Ellura are assumed to be Grey as we haven't seen a Pied, but have many Greys. We might be able to rely on their call, but we've seen videos of Pied Butcherbirds imitating other birds & sounds (but it's doubtful a juvenile has this skill). | |||||
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