Grey Butcherbird
Cracticus torquatus
Tuart Forest NP, SW WA IMG_8378 20181021 - torquatus
Notes: Small. Saddle grey (adult) or brown (juvenile, immature).
Male: torquatus
neat round white loral spot; cinereus larger;
leucopterus paler grey saddle, larger
white area on wing-coverts.
Female: white of lores may spread around, below eye.
Loud rollicking varied song. Arboreal in eucalypt forests, woodlands, farmlands.
Range from Morcombe©(modified)
Australind, SW WA IMG_8320 20181021 - male torquatus
Bowra Sanctuary, Cunnamulla, S Qld IMG_6347 20180617 - male leucopterus
McGauran Beach, SE Vic IMG_6496 20190313 - young immature leucopterus
Blackman's Lagoon, NE Tas IMG_5274 20170402 - female cinereus
Greenaugh River, W WA IMG_6906 20181010 - older immature torquatus
Koonalda Homestead, Nullarbor NP, S WA MVI_3392 20181121 - young male torquatus