Black Butcherbird

Melloria quoyi - Cassican des mangroves

Cassican des mangroves
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Artamidés

  • Genus
    :

    Melloria

  • Species
    :

    quoyi

Descriptor

Lesson, RP Garnot, 1827

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 44 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 148 à 196 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cassican des mangroves
adult
Cassican des mangroves
adult

Black Butcherbird (Melloria quoyi) is a species of bird in the Artamidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Melloria quoyi quoyi (New Guinea. except sc. , Yapen I. and w Papuan islands)
  • Melloria quoyi spaldingi (nw and n Australia, Tiwi Is.)
  • Melloria quoyi alecto (sc New Guinea, Aru Is.. sw of New Guinea. and islands in the n Torres Strait)
  • Melloria quoyi jardini (Cape York Pen.. ne Australia.)
  • Melloria quoyi rufescens (ne Queensland. ne Australia.)

Foreign names

  • Cassican des mangroves,
  • Verdugo negro,
  • verdugo-preto,
  • Mangrovekrähenstar,
  • Zwarte Orgelvogel,
  • Uccello macellaio nero,
  • svart törnkråka,
  • Svartslakterfugl,
  • vrieskavec čierny,
  • flétňák černý,
  • Sort Slagterfugl,
  • mustahuiluvaris,
  • carnisser negre,
  • srokacz czarny,
  • Чёрная флейтовая птица,
  • Jagal hitam,
  • クロモズガラス,
  • 黑钟鹊,
  • svart törnkråka,
  • 黑鐘鵲,

Voice song and call

Cassican des mangroves

Habitat

Cassican des mangroves

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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