Typical Butcherbirds
Cracticus
Butcherbirds are magpie-like birds, most found in the genus Cracticus, but the black butcherbird is placed in the monotypic genus Melloria. They are native to Australasia. The Australian magpie has recently been placed in the same genus, and this new taxonomy has been supported by recent phylogenetic analyses. Together with three species of currawong and two species of peltops, butcherbirds and the Australian magpie form the subfamily Cracticinae in the family Artamidae.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Grey Butcherbird
speciesCracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird
speciesCracticus nigrogularis
Hooded Butcherbird
speciesCracticus cassicus
Silver-backed Butcherbird
speciesCracticus argenteus
Black-backed Butcherbird
speciesCracticus mentalis
Tagula Butcherbird
speciesCracticus louisiadensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8492.