Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) - HBW 14, p. 338
French: Cassican à gorge noire
German: Schwarzkehl-Metzgervogel
Spanish: Verdugo Gorjinegro
Other common names: Black-throated Butcherbird, (Black-throated) Crow-shrike
Taxonomy: Vanga nigrogularis Gould, 1837, New South Wales, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with C. cassicus and C. louisiadensis. Races intergrade in N Queensland (SC Cape York Peninsula S to upper Georgina R and Diamantina R). Geographical variation partly clinal in W (race picatus), with gradual decrease in size from S to N; birds from W & C Australia sometimes recognized as race kalgoorli (described from Kalgoorlie, in S Western Australia), but probably part of this cline. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- picatus Gould, 1848 - N & W Australia E to NW Queensland, S (except in main desert areas) to S Western Australia and NW South Australia.
- nigrogularis ( Gould, 1837) - E Australia from N, C & E Queensland S to E South Australia and N Victoria (Murray R).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched, looking for food. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2009 1 year ago 32 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch. Locality Terranora Broadwater, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp nigrogularis)
Nick Talbot 12 August 2009 2 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
An adult drinking on a puddle Locality Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 24 October 2006 4 years ago 48 sec 4.2 -
An adult perched on a branch and flying away and a close up of an adult Locality Rush Creek, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1998 7 years ago 37 sec 4.1 -
A bird perching on an aerial Locality Banora Point, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp nigrogularis)
Nick Talbot 26 December 2005 5 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
A nest and two chicks calling. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2009 1 year ago 29 sec 3.7
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An adult feeding a fledgling.
Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp nigrogularis)
David Stowe 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
Adult bird perched on a fence
Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2011 38 weeks ago 4 -
Adult Pied Butcherbird
Locality Oxley Creek Common Reserve, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Close up of adult bird
Locality Murarrie, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 October 2010 42 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult perched on a power-line.
Locality Letitia Sandspit, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp nigrogularis)
Nick Talbot 14 September 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Adult (foreground) and juvenile.
Locality Cape Crawford, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 2 July 2010 51 weeks ago 3.6
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A single call. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp nigrogularis)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2009 1 year ago 3
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