Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)

Other Names (World)
Black Currawong, Black Bell Magpie, Sooty Bell Magpie, Black Magpie, Black Jay, Mountain Magpie, Mountain Jay, Sooty Currawong, Sooty Crow-shrike

Family
Artamidae (Woodswallows And Butcherbirds)

Size
47 - 49 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1837)

Derivation
Strep'-er-a - L., strepere, to make a noise: fü-lï'-gin-ö'-sa - L., fuliginosa, sooty

Range (Guide)

Australia (B).

Tasmania, Australia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insects, native fruits and berries, chickens and ducklings.

Voice

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Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) [XC860205]
by nick talbot from Waterworks Reserve, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (call)

Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa) [XC826854]
by Peter Boesman from Lenah Valley, City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (call)

Nest
Large, open, composed of sticks, lined with rootlets and grass, usually in the upright forked branch of a tall tree.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 4; grey-buff blotched with red-brown and purple; oval; about 40 x 29 mm.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) and sometimes considered conspecific, but differs in vocalizations.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

fuliginosa (Gould, 1837) - Tasmania.
colei Mathews, 1916 - King I, in western Bass Strait.
parvior Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999 - Furneaux Group, in eastern Bass Strait.

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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