Black-backed Butcherbird - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Xenospiza
Pacific Adventist University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 04-07-2006

Cracticus mentalis

Identification

Adult shows intricate patterns of black and white with entirely white underside; black replaced by brown in juvenile.

Distribution

New Guinea and Queensland, Australia

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

This species has two subspecies:

• C. m. mentalis:

• Savanna of south-eastern New Guinea (Merauke to Port Moresby)

• C. m. kempi:

• Northern Queensland(Cape York Peninsula)

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.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-backed Butcherbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-backed_Butcherbird

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