Pied butcher bird - Cracticus nigrogularis
Ones the bird landed (only about 2 m away from me ) it spread its wings and layed flat on the ground.
It didn’t care about my presence at all and I got worried that it may have moments ago hit a window or got struck by a car.
The pied butcherbird is a songbird native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird 28 to 32 cm long with a long hooked bill. Its head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood; the mantle and much of the tail and wings are also black.
Similar species: Perching Birds
By Ernst
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Uploaded Apr 21, 2021. Captured Dec 27, 2017 17:17 in 84 Tanderra Way, Karana Downs QLD 4306, Australia.
