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ViewsWhite-winged ChoughFrom Opus
 Photo taken: Victoria, Australia.  Photo taken: Victoria, Australia.
[edit] Identification45 cm. Black, red eyes, slightly down-curved beak, in flight large white eye-patches in the wings are visible. [edit] DistributionEast and south Australia [edit] TaxonomyTwo subspecies: melanorhamphos and whiteae. [edit] Similar SpeciesLooks somewhat similar to, but has no family relationship with, the other two Choughs (Red-billed Chough and Yellow-billed Chough). [edit] HabitatBushland. [edit] BehaviourThey forage through the leaf litter; the diet includes termites, beetles, worms, insects, grain, and snails. It builds deep, cup-shaped nest of grasses held together with mud or sometimes manure in a tree fork. 3-5 cream-coloured eggs sparsely splotched with dark brown and lavender shades are laid. Breeding is communal with all members of the family helping to raise the young.
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