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Grey Butcher Birds are often seen alone, unlike the Pied Butcher Birds who are often seen as a family.
Photograph by ozwildlife. Some rights reserved.
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Grey Butcher Bird
Photograph by ozwildlife. Some rights reserved.
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GREY BUTCHER BIRD FACTS
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Description
The Grey Butcher Bird has a black head and face. The back and wings are grey, with large areas of white and the under parts are white. The bill is large, with a small hook at the tip of the upper bill. Yung Grey Butcherbirds resemble adults, but have black areas replaced with brown.
Size
24 - 30cm
Environment
wooded habitats, including suburban areas
Food
Small mammals, birds, eggs, reptiles, insects.
Breeding
nest is bowl-shaped, and is made of sticks and twigs, lined with grasses and other soft fibres. Lays 3-5 eggs.
Range
mid-eastern Queensland, through southern Australia, including Tasmania, to northern Western Australia
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Artamidae | | Genus: | Cracticus | | Species: | torquatus | | Common Name: | Grey Butcher Bird |
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