Passeriformes
Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
HBW 14, p. 308
- Medium-sized to large passerines, most with longish wings, long tail, long and generally stout bill with hooked tip, ground-foraging species short-tailed; plumage black and white, sometimes with grey, two species with red.
- Australia and New Guinea.
- Rainforest, eucalypt forest and savanna woodland.
- 3 genera, 12 species, 43 taxa.
- No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
- 1
- 11
List of species:
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- 8 5 3 8 1 Black Butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi)
- 41 3 20 18 8 2 Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- 1 1 8 3 Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis)
- 31 1 21 9 8 4 Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
- 9 1 2 6 8 5 Hooded Butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus)
- 0 7 6 Tagula Butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis)
- 83 8 37 38 8 7 Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
- 42 3 21 18 8 8 Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- 8 6 2 8 9 Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)
- 15 8 7 8 10 Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)
- 2 1 1 8 11 Lowland Peltops (Peltops blainvillii)
- 4 1 3 8 12 Highland Peltops (Peltops montanus)
Family statistics
3 genera, 12 species
| 244 files covering | |
|---|---|
| 3 genera | (100%) |
| 11 species | (92%) |
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