Grey Butcherbird
Cracticus torquatus
Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_1051 20210918 - torquatus male: neat white loral spot.
Notes: Small. Saddle grey (adult) or brown (juvenile, immature).
Nominate torquatus male: neat
round white loral spot; female: white of lores may spread around, below eye. Ssp leucopterus
paler grey saddle, larger white parts, male underparts white w. faint grey bloom, female light
cloudy grey under; cinereus larger & darker, head greyish black, back dull grey or brownish grey.
Loud rollicking varied song. Arboreal in eucalypt forests, woodlands, farmlands.
Range from Morcombe©(modified)
Tuart Forest NP, SW WA IMG_8378 20181021 - torquatus
Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_0700 20210907 - torquatus female: loral spot spreads more to & around eye. CLICK for
pic of immature: brown-backed, firm plumage (unlike juvenile).
Australind, SW WA IMG_8320 20181021 - leucopterus male: white underparts, neat loral spot.
Nowingi Track, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic IMG_8696 20210412 - leucopterus female or immature.
Greenaugh River, W WA IMG_6906 20181010 - leucopterus older immature.
Gluepot Reserve, SE SA IMG_7969 20210406 - leucopterus juvenile. CLICK for torquatus juvenile. Esternwick Park,
Melbourne, S Vic 20230515
Blackman's Lagoon, NE Tas IMG_5274 20170402 - cinereus female: loral spot extends to under eye. CLICK for another view.
Postman's Track, Samsonvale, SE Qld IMG_1711 20220313 - torquatus male
Lake Crosbie, Pink Lakes, W Vic MVI_3543+3546+3544 20190516 - leucopterus male
Koonalda Homestead, Nullarbor NP, S WA MVI_3392 20181121 - young male leucopterus
Black Rock, Melbourne, S Vic IMG_0700 20210907 - torquatus female: loral spot spreads more to & around eye. CLICK forpic of immature: brown-backed, firm plumage (unlike juvenile).
Australind, SW WA IMG_8320 20181021 - leucopterus male: white underparts, neat loral spot.
Nowingi Track, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, NW Vic IMG_8696 20210412 - leucopterus female or immature.
Greenaugh River, W WA IMG_6906 20181010 - leucopterus older immature.
Gluepot Reserve, SE SA IMG_7969 20210406 - leucopterus juvenile. CLICK for torquatus juvenile. Esternwick Park,Melbourne, S Vic 20230515
Blackman's Lagoon, NE Tas IMG_5274 20170402 - cinereus female: loral spot extends to under eye. CLICK for another view.
Postman's Track, Samsonvale, SE Qld IMG_1711 20220313 - torquatus male
Lake Crosbie, Pink Lakes, W Vic MVI_3543+3546+3544 20190516 - leucopterus male
Koonalda Homestead, Nullarbor NP, S WA MVI_3392 20181121 - young male leucopterus