Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) - HBW 14, p. 338
French: Cassican à dos noir
German: Schwarzrücken-Metzgervogel
Spanish: Verdugo Dorsinegro
Other common names: White-throated Butcherbird
Taxonomy: Cracticus mentalis Salvadori and D'Albertis, 1876, south-east New Guinea.
This species and C. torquatus, which form a superspecies, have sometimes been placed in a separate genus, Bulestes. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mentalis Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1876 - S New Guinea in S Trans-Fly region (Merauke E to Balimo) and SE peninsula (Hall Sound E to Kupiano and inland to Sogeri Plateau).
- kempi Mathews, 1912 - Cape York Peninsula, in NE Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Ventral view of one of a pair at the Pacific Adventist University.
Locality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp C.m.mentalis)
neil osborne 13 August 2010 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
A perched adult.
Locality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp mentalis)
Ken Havard 8 April 2007 39 weeks ago 3.3 -
adult bird perched in tree
Locality Weipa, Queensland, Australia (ssp kempi)
Mat Gilfedder 14 September 2009 3 years ago 3
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