| Grey Butcherbird | |
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| Two perching on a garden fence in Brisbane, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Artamidae |
| Genus: | Cracticus |
| Species: | C. torquatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cracticus torquatus (Latham, 1801)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lanius torquatus Latham | |
The grey butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) is a widely distributed species endemic to Australia. It occurs in a range of different habitats including arid, semi-arid and temperate zones. It is found across southern Australia, but is absent from the deserts of central Australia and the monsoon tropics of northern Australia.[4] It has a characteristic rollicking birdsong. It appears to be adapting well to city living, and can be encountered in the suburbs of many Australian cities including Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Hobart. The grey butcherbird preys on small vertebrates including other birds.
Other birds in the same family include the Australian magpie, the currawongs, woodswallows and other members of the butcherbird genus Cracticus.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cracticus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103703460A94059635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103703460A94059635.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Temminck, C.J. (Coenraad Jacob) (1838). Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux (in French). Vol. 2. Amsterdam: Chez Legras Imbert et Comp. Plate 273 et seq.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum (in German). Vol. 1. Halbertstadt: R. Frantz. p. 66.
- ^ Kearns A., Joseph L., Toon A., Cook L. (2014). "Australia's arid-adapted butcherbirds experienced range expansions during Piestocene glacial maxima". Nature Communications. 5: 3994. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.3994K. doi:10.1038/ncomms4994. PMID 24876071.
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