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Black Currawong

(Strepera fuliginosa)
Alternate name(s): "Sooty Crow-shrike", "Sooty Currawong", "Black Magpie",
"Black Bell Magpie", "Black Jay" "Mountain Magpie*"
Aboriginal name(s): "cur-ow-ung*" [awaba], "kirriwong*" [birbai]

Size: 47-49 cm (male larger); wing span ca. 80 cm
Weight: 405 g (male avg), 340 g (female avg)

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Black Currawong at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "fuliginosa"

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]

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 .

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