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Black CurrawongAlternate name(s): "Sooty Crow-shrike", "Sooty Currawong", "Black Magpie", "Black Bell Magpie", "Black Jay" "Mountain Magpie*" ![]() Size: 47-49 cm (male larger); wing span ca. 80 cm Weight: 405 g (male avg), 340 g (female avg) |
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Photos |
Race "fuliginosa"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Close-up frontal view of a Black Currawong
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Frontal view of a Black Currawong keen on scavenging food
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Close-up near-frontal portrait of a Black Currawong
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Near-frontal view of a Black Currawong
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Near-frontal/ventral view of a Black Currawong - note the absence
of white on the undertail coverts
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Peter Murrell Reserve, near Kingston, TAS, April 2021]
Near-lateral view of a Black Currawong
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Lateral view of a Black Currawong looking at the observer
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Lateral view of a Black Currawong
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Near-dorsal view of a Black Currawong looking back at the observer
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
Dorsal view of a Black Currawong
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cradle Mountain, TAS, September 2021]
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Call(s)/Song |
For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The
interpretation of their meaning is our own;
comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
blcurry_me_20210927.m4a |
fuliginosa (NW TAS) |
Contact calls | © ME | |
blcurry_me_20210919.m4a |
fuliginosa (NW TAS) |
Contact calls (in-flight) | © ME | |
blcurry_me_20210923.m4a |
fuliginosa (NW TAS) |
Contact calls (+ bkgd noise) | © ME |
More Black Currawong sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.