Black Butcherbird

Melloria quoyi - 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

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,
黑鐘鵲,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

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

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

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol. 12 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
Birds in backyards, Birds Australia and Australian Museum
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest