Pied Butcherbird

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Samsonvale Cemetery, SE Qld IMG_4005 20190706 - nigrogularis

Notes: Large butcherbird. Long grey bill w. a dark hooked tip. Entirely dark hood and bib.
Nominate ssp nigrogularis has narrower white hindcollar than ssp picatus, which has broader
rump patch, more white at tail-tip. Juvenile: patterned dark brown, no pale hindcollar, buff tips
to wing coverts. Song: beautiful whistles, warbles, mimicry. Common, widespread in drier
woodlands, farmlands w. wooded patches.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Kenilworth, SE Qld IMG_4510 20190709 - nigrogularis

Mt Glorious, SE Qld IMG_4673 20220610 - nigrogularis

Mt Etna Caves, Caravan Park, E Qld IMG_5929 20220625 - nigrogularis

Hughenden, NC Qld IMG_3638 20200904 - nigrogularis immature. CLICK for another pic.

Nathan Rd Wetlands, Rothwell, SE Qld IMG_3653 20200905 - nigrogularis juvenile: no collar, browns. CLICK for another
a little older (bib developing). Corfield, N Qld, 20180528.

Walsh Pt, Port Warrender, FNE WA IMG_8888 20180822 - picatus broad white collar.

Keep River NP, NT IMG_4801 20160610 - picatus

Rocky Tate River Crossing, FN Qld IMG_0769 20210509 - picatus CLICK form another at Georgetown, FN Qld.

Ashburton, NW WA IMG_4726 20180925 - juvenile picatus brown patterns.

Victoria Point, SE Qld MVI_1908+1909 20190625 - nigrogularis

Broome Bird Observatory, NW WA MVI_2190 20180910 - picatus

Boughshed Camp, Bladensburg NP, N Qld IMG_4053 20200907 - nigrogularis adult and juvenile morning singing.