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Hooded Butcherbird
Cracticus cassicus (Boddaert, 1783)
Artamidae — Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Hooded Butcherbird, Cracticus cassicus, breeds in New Guinea and nearby islands in Australasia, where it lives in forested country and can also occur near people in coconut groves. It is a passerine in the Artamidae family. The bird is mainly black and white, with a black throat that helps separate it from the black-backed butcherbird. Its bill is pale bluish grey, hooked, and tipped with black. It has a complex fluting song, and birds may duet or copy other species.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Artamidae — Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
- Breeding range
- Australasia: New Guinea and satellites
