Black Butcherbird

Melloria/Cracticus quoyi

Rapid Creek Arm, Charles Darwin Uni, N NT IMG_4762 20180802 spaldingi adult

Notes: Largest butcherbird (largest ssp in NT). All-black plumage. Bill pale w.
black tip on adult. Female: smaller. Juvenile, immature ssp rufescens has two
morphs: black, and rufous/brown. Mellow yodelling, often in duets. Ringing song.
Occurs in mangroves, rainforests.

Range from Morcombe©