Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
Hooded Butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) - HBW 14, p. 339
French: Cassican à tête noire
German: Papuametzgervogel
Spanish: Verdugo Cabecinegro
Other common names: Black-and-white/Black-headed/Black-backed(!)/Pied Butcherbird(!)
Taxonomy: Ramphastos cassicus Boddaert, 1783, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with C. nigrogularis and C. louisiadensis; possibly conspecific with latter. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cassicus ( Boddaert, 1783) - West Papuan Is, New Guinea and satellite islands (except those off SE coast), and Aru Is.
- hercules Mayr, 1940 - Trobriand Is (Kailuna, Kiriwana and Kitawa) and D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Goodenough and Fergusson), off SE New Guinea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, looking around and calling. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 54 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, looking around. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A bird in a tree, singing twice. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 1 min 4 -
Adult bird feeding. Locality Alotau, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 14 July 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched on a branch at dusk, eating prey then flying away Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Keith Blomerley 26 August 2008 4 years ago 15 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree, preening. Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 4 years ago 38 sec 2.7
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A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Batanta Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Carmelo López 11 October 2012 27 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
Josep del Hoyo 14 July 2008 3 years ago 3.3 -
An adult bird on nest.
Locality Biak Island, Biak (Schouten) Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp cassicus)
mehdhalaouate 13 March 2005 3 years ago 3
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A bird singing. Locality Crater Mountain Biological Research Station, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
monicayhector 1 May 1992 3 years ago 4.5
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