Pied Currawong
Six subspecies...omnivorous
...in flocks are believed to
engage in play.
Strepera graculina
(L 17-20" WS 22-30"
Wt 10-11 oz)
Brisbane
City Botanic Gardens
15Oct2016
Laminington Nat’l Park
O’Reilly’s Lodge
20Oct2016
Strepera means noisy;
graculina means
resembles a jackdaw.
The yellow eye is distinctive.
The adolescent Currawong not
exactly stumbling or tripping
is parrot-like as a junior, a
hopper and stepper in
the art of stalking and hunting.
(martin challis)
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
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