Black-backed Butcherbird
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BirdUp · Species

Black-backed Butcherbird

Cracticus mentalisSalvadori & D'Albertis, 1875

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Artamidae
Genus
Cracticus
Commonness
Common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The black-backed butcherbird is a species of bird in the family Artamidae. It is found in southern New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
South-central and south-east New Guinea and Cape York Pen. (north-east Australia)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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