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The pied currawong (Strepera graculina) is a black passerine bird native to eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island.One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie of the family Artamidae.
The Lord Howe currawong (Strepera graculina crissalis), Lord Howe Island currawong or Lord Howe pied currawong, is a large and mainly black passerine bird in the family Artamidae. It is endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, part of New South Wales, Australia, and is a threatened subspecies of the pied currawong.
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 yellow wattlebird is Australia's largest honeyeater and an endemic Tasmanian species. A total of 383 species of bird have been recorded living in the wild on the island of Tasmania, nearby islands and islands in Bass Strait. Birds of Macquarie Island are not included in this list. Twelve species are endemic to the island of Tasmania, and most of these are common and widespread. However ...
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.
Pied butcherbird, Cracticus nigrogularis - Aus; Pied currawong, Strepera graculina - Aus; Black currawong, Strepera fuliginosa - Aus; Grey currawong, Strepera versicolor - Aus; Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen - Aus, NZ
Title: Pied currawongs Strepera graculina near Mount Gambier: confirmation of a new species for South Australia. Author(s): Berggy, John Source: South Australian Ornithologist Volume: 34 Issue: 5 Pages: 180 Published: May 2004 Title: Knemidocoptes intermedius in a wild currawong (Strepera graculina)
Together with the pied currawong (S. graculina) and black currawong (S. fuliginosa), the grey currawong forms the genus Strepera. [7] Although crow-like in appearance and habits, currawongs are only distantly related to true crows, and are instead closely related to the Australian magpie and the butcherbirds.