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The grey currawong usually swallows prey whole, [37] although one bird was observed impaling a rodent on a stick and eating parts of it, in the manner of a butcherbird. [53] A field study on road ecology in southwestern Australia revealed that the grey currawong is unusual in inhabiting cleared areas adjacent to roads. However, it was not ...
These are the grey currawong (Strepera versicolor), pied currawong (S. graculina), and black currawong (S. fuliginosa). The common name comes from the call of the familiar pied currawong of eastern Australia and is onomatopoeic. They were formerly known as crow-shrikes or bell-magpies.
The larger grey currawong is readily distinguished by its lighter grey overall plumage and lack of white feathers at the base of the tail. [40] In northwestern Victoria, the black-winged currawong (subspecies melanoptera of the grey) does have a darker plumage than other grey subspecies, but its wings lack the white primaries of the pied ...
Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia. It includes 24 extant species in six genera and three subfamilies: Peltopsinae (with one genus, Peltops), Artaminae (with one genus containing the woodswallows) and Cracticinae (currawongs and butcherbirds, including the Australian magpie).
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Black currawong, Strepera fuliginosa Grey currawong , Strepera versicolor A fossil right scapula ( MNZ S41061) found at the Manuherikia River in Otago , New Zealand and dating from the Early to Middle Miocene ( Awamoan to Lillburnian , 19-16 million years ago ) represents a member of the Cracticinae.
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