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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

From Opus

Photo by rebelxtLocation:  Adelaide, Australia
Photo by rebelxt
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Coracina novaehollandiae

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[edit] Identification

32-34cm. Black face and throat, blue-grey back, wings and tail, and white underparts.

[edit] Distribution

Australia and New Guinea. One of the commonest and wide-spread birds in Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Has been regarded conspecific with Wallacean Cuckoo-shrike and Slaty Cuckoo-shrike.

[edit] Habitat

Wooded habitats and suburbs.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually arboreal, often conspicuously perches on dead trees or telegraph poles in open areas. Has benefitted from landclearing.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and other invertebrates, some fruits and seeds.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is a shallow saucer of sticks and bark, bound together with cobwebs. Both sexes construct the nest and care for the young birds, which leave the nest after about three weeks of hatching.

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