Black Butcherbird
OccasionalGBIF 23.6·Dongniao Rarity Index8.76
Black Butcherbird (Melloria quoyi) 黑钟鹊，是雀形目燕鵙科Melloria的鸟类。主要分布在新几内亚和澳大利亚北部。全身羽毛漆黑，背部光泽蓝黑色，腹部较暗淡，尾部长且端部似方形。喙长而弯曲，尖端深色。雌雄羽毛相似，雄鸟略大。
Black Butcherbird
40-44 cm. Powerful black butcherbird with massive, finely hooked silver-blue bill, tipped black; tail large. Immature of rufous morph of race rufescens: deep rufous with paler streaks and fine black bars below (both plumages may occur in same brood). Singles, pairs, family parties: hunts on edges of rainforest, mangroves.
- Voice
- rich, deep, organ-like: 'choi', chopped short; rollicking, deep, butcher-bird yodel.
- Habitat
- rainforests, monsoon forests, coastal scrubs, paperbarks, mangroves; well-treed parks, gardens.
- Breeding
- Oct.-Jan.
- Nest
- untidy, of sticks, twigs; in upright fork to c. 6 m high.
- Eggs
- 3-4 (5); cream-brown/grey-green, spotted brown, dark grey.
- Range & Status
- coastal n. and ne. Aust. and islands: from Port Keats (NT)-Top End-Arnhem Land, inland c. 50 km on rivers. C. York Pen. (Q) s. to Archer R. in w., coastally s. to c. Rockhampton in e. Race rufescens from c. Cooktown s. to c. Ingham-Hinchinbrook I., inland to Atherton Tableland. Fairly common in dense, coastal habitats. Sedentary. Also PNG.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Melloria quoyi spaldingi 2. Melloria quoyi jardini 3. Melloria quoyi rufescens 4. Melloria quoyi alecto
