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Butcherbirds are
songbirds closely related to the
Australian magpie. Most are
found in the
genus Cracticus, but the
black butcherbird is
placed in the...
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ancestor to the two
species is
thought to have
split from the
other butcherbirds between 8.3 and 4.2
million years ago,
during the late
Miocene to early...
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impaled or
stored for later. Grey
butcherbirds sit in
branches and wait for prey. Prey is
captured by the grey
butcherbird sally-pouncing the prey on the...
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colloquially as
butcherbirds.
Within the genus, it is most
closely related to the
Tagula butcherbird (C. louisiadensis) and
hooded butcherbird (C. c****icus)...
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butcherbird in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Butcherbirds are magpie-like
birds native to Australasia.
Butcherbird may also
refer to:
Butcherbird,...
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genus Cracticus known as
butcherbirds.
Within the genus, it is most
closely related to the grey and silver-backed
butcherbirds. The
three form a monophyletic...
- The
Tagula butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis) is a
species of bird in the
family Artamidae. It is
endemic to
Tagula Island in
Papua New Guinea. BirdLife...
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known as
butcherbirds.
Within the genus, it is most
closely related to the
Tagula butcherbird, and the two are
related to the pied
butcherbird of Australia...
- The silver-backed
butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus) is a small, shrike-like bird. It is
almost identical to the grey
butcherbird (C. torquatus) of which...
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closely related to
crows and
ravens than the
Australian magpie and
butcherbirds, and duly
placed them in the Corvidae. A
review of the
family Cracticidae...
