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Hooded Butcherbird - closeup, Waigeo Selatan, Indonesia <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/161386/hooded_butcherbird_waigeo_selatan_indonesia.html" title="Hooded Butcherbird, Waigeo Selatan, Indonesia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/161386_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=HAsllYI4VYKf7JeQNkuOEnvtwdY%3D" width="200" height="186" alt="Hooded Butcherbird, Waigeo Selatan, Indonesia https://www.jungledragon.com/image/161385/hooded_butcherbird_-_closeup_waigeo_selatan_indonesia.html Australia (continent),Cracticus cassicus,Geotagged,Hooded butcherbird,Indonesia,New Guinea,Papua,Papua 2023,Raja Ampat,Spring,Waigeo,West Papua,Western New Guinea" /></a></figure> Australia (continent),Cracticus cassicus,Geotagged,Hooded Butcherbird,Indonesia,New Guinea,Papua,Papua 2023,Raja Ampat,Spring,Waigeo,West Papua,Western New Guinea Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. Super sharp image Ferdy. I know the genus Cracticus well, living here in Australia. Classic butcherbird profile. On a side and silly note, whenever I read the word, it always makes me think of Caractacus Potts, the inventor in a favourite childhood film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

    Posted one year ago
    1. Thanks, Ruth! Not familiar with that show, but I'm glad you get to relive fond memories of it through this genus :) Posted one year ago
  2. This pied bird is a cracker Posted 7 months ago
    1. Hehe, thanks! Posted 7 months ago

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The hooded butcherbird is a species of passerine bird in the family Artamidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jun 14, 2024. Captured Oct 25, 2023 17:27 in HP6W+M7 Saprokren, Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua, Indonesia.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/250s
  • ISO640
  • 500mm