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White-winged Chough
Corcorax melanorhamphos(Vieillot, 1817)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Corcoracidae
- Genus
- Corcorax
At a glance
The White-winged Chough is a large bird, about 44–50 cm long, endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 44–50 cm
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a White-winged Chough look like?
The White-winged Chough is a large bird, about 44–50 cm long and weighing 240–450 g.
The white-winged chough is one of only two surviving species of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and is the only member of the genus Corcorax. It is native to southern and eastern Australia and is an example of convergent evolution as it is only distantly related to the European choughs that it closely resembles in shape, and for which it was named.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a White-winged Chough?
The White-winged Chough is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
graeme lunt · Lal Lal VIC 3352, Australia
Call
graeme lunt · Lal Lal VIC 3352, Australia
Call
graeme lunt · Lal Lal VIC 3352, Australia
Call
graeme lunt · Lal Lal VIC 3352, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a White-winged Chough eat?
The White-winged Chough feeds on seeds and terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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