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Melbourne, Australia

Grallina cyanoleuca

[edit] Identification

26 to 30 cm

• Black and white
• Male has a black throat and black eyestripe
• Female has a white throat
  

Juveniles and immatures: white throat of the female and black eyestripe

[edit] Distribution

Australia, New Guinea, and Timor.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are two subspecies:

• G. c. neglecta:

• Northern Australia, extreme southern New Guinea and Timor

• G. c. cyanoleuca:

• Mainland Australia, except north and the most arid areas

[edit] Habitat

Widespread but is absent from deep forest; common in urban areas. Need mud and water for nest building.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Diet includes small creatures.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is constructed near water and made of vegetation plastered with mud, and lined with grass, feathers and fur. It is placed on a flat branch. The three to five eggs are incubated by both parents.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID