Blackfaced Cuckooshrike Photograph by Masami Iida Fine Art America
The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike is a fascinating bird found in wooded areas throughout Australia. Despite its name, it is neither a cuckoo nor a shrike, but rather earns its name due to the resemblance of its feathers to cuckoos and its beak shape to shrikes. These birds are known for their small nests, which are constructed by both partners.
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Coracina novaehollandiae (Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike) is a species of birds in the family cuckoo-shrikes. They are found in australasia. They are diurnal. They have parental care ( occasionally breeds cooperatively ). They rely on flight to move around. Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike.
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Coracina novaehollandiae (Viewing 4 of 11 photos) Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes are one of our most common birds and are found virtually everywhere in Australia except in rainforest or out on treeless plains.
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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike. The following day a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike returned and it was quite likely the same individual. It started in the same area and then moved to the water under our Billygoat Plum tree.The bird shuffled its wings as it landed and then after taking a long drink it moved into the shade for some time.
Blackfaced Cuckooshrike Photograph by Neil Maclachlan Fine Art America
The belly is a paler grey. They have an unusual electronic buzzing kind of call and that is often the first indication they are around as they call when flying. Audio by Marc Anderson Juvenile bird Black faced Cuckooshrike 08102022
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Size: 30-36 cm Weight: 90-145 g Similar species Description Classification Distribution Sightings Photos Breeding Nest Eggs Behaviour Food Call/s Photos Race "melanops" ADULT Sex unknown Frontal view of a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike [ Eulah Creek, NSW, August 2017] Frontal view of a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike [ Eulah Creek, NSW, June 2012]
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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes have a black face and throat, blue-grey back, wings and tail, and white underparts. Slender, attractive birds that shuffle their wings upon landing.
BlackFaced Cuckoo Shrike Photograph by Douglas Barnard Fine Art America
The black-faced Cuckoo-shrike is a common bird in suburban areas and is found throughout Australia where it is often seen perched on power lines. Juvenile inset. Photo: Contributed
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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Species No.: 424 Band Size: 06 Morphometrics: THL: Wing 189 - 202 mm. Weight 86.5 - 148.0 g Ageing: Juvenile - Brown and fluffy. Immature (1) - Head, neck and breast differ from adult plumage - see drawings Adult (2+) - Adult plumage attained when approximately 1 year old.
blackfaced cuckooshrike (Birds of the Warrumbungles Nandi Reserve) · iNaturalist
Large slender bird, pale gray above, paler below, with distinctive black mask and throat. Immature paler, with dark gray mask rather than black face. Dark-morph White-bellied Cuckooshrike has more extensive black in face as adult, lacks mask in light morph and as immature. Often shuffles wings after landing. Inhabits many wooded habitats with clearnings, farmland, and urban areas with trees.
CuckooShrike Adelaide Ornithologists' Club
Description The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike is a large bird of 30-36cms which is widespread and commonly found in wooded habitat with the exception of rainforests. They have white underparts, blue-grey back, wings and tail and a black face and throat.
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Fledge in juvenile plumage and undergo a partial post juvenile moult to distinctive first immature plumage (see illustrations above);. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Wing length: 189 - 202 mm; 148 - 175 mm; Wing span: 529 - 628 mm; 482 - 505 mm;.
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Cuckoo-shrikes are neither cuckoos nor shrikes, but are so called becaues their feathers have similar patterns to those of cuckoos and their beak shape resembles that of shrikes.
CuckooShrike Adelaide Ornithologists' Club
The black-faced cuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae) is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It has a protected status in Australia, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They are widely distributed in almost any wooded habitat throughout the region, except in rainforests.
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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Did you know? Cuckoo-shrikes are neither cuckoos nor shrikes, but are so called becaues their feathers have similar patterns to those of cuckoos and their beak shape resembles that of shrikes. Calls The call most often heard is a soft churring, often being described as a warbling "creearck". play stop mute previous next
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The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike is a regular visitor to Canberra gardens, while the White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (14 records) and the Cicadabird (2) are much less so. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes are common summer inhabitants of ACT woodlands. They forage in trees, and sometimes over open paddocks.
