Black Butcherbird
Melloria quoyi
(L 12.2-"17.3)
Cairns Centenary Lakes
21Oct2016
In Australia, Indonesia, and
Papua New Guinea...related to
the Australian Magpie.
Papua New Guinea...related to
the Australian Magpie.
Cattana Wetlands
Cairns
26Oct2016
The Butcherbird’s a cruel bird and all to him a stranger
And at nesting time he risk his life to keep his young from danger
He chase away all others birds the cruelest of the crueler
And in his own corner of the wood the Butcherbird is ruler.
(Francis Duggan)
Melloria quoyi is Greek for clamorous.
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