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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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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.

Blackfaced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) Shellharbour City Council

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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Black-faced Cuckooshrike - Coracina novaehollandiae - Birds of the World Macaulay Library eBird Watch Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae LC Least Concern Names (20) Subspecies (3) Barry Taylor and Arnau Bonan Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020 Text last updated December 26, 2012 Sign in to see your badges Account

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The Black faced Cuckoo Shrike is a common passerine across most of Australia. They inhabit woodland, grasslands and wetlands where they feed mainly on insects. They have a habit of 'shuffling'.

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The black-faced cuckoo-shrike is a medium-large slender blue-grey songbird with a prominent black face and throat in adult plumage. Immature birds have a significantly reduced area of black, largely confined to the region between the beak and the ear-coverts, appearing as a smudgy bandit mask. Cuckoo-shrikes have a distinctive flight behaviour.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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Coracina SPECIES Coracina novaehollandiae The black-faced cuckooshrike ( Coracina 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. Show More Te Terrestrial Mi Migrating B starts with Appearance

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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

CuckooShrike Adelaide Ornithologists' Club

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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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.