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White Winged Chough  Australia,Corcorax melanorhamphos,Geotagged,White-winged chough,Winter Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

    comments (4)

  1. This is a great close up. Posted 4 years ago
    1. Thanks Ruth Posted 4 years ago
  2. Important species intro! This one completes the family of 2:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/corcoracidae
    Posted 4 years ago
    1. Yes in fact many people call the white winged chough as an apostle bird because of their similar behaviours Posted 4 years ago

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The white-winged chough is one of only two surviving members of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus "Corcorax". It is native to southern and eastern Australia and is an example of convergent evolution as it is only distantly related to the European choughs that it closely resembles in shape, and for which it was named.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Calbost Niel
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By Calbost Niel

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Uploaded Aug 20, 2021. Captured Aug 20, 2021 13:28 in Six Foot Track, Megalong Valley NSW 2785, Australia.
  • NIKON D7100
  • f/7.1
  • 1/200s
  • ISO320
  • 300mm