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Tagula Butcherbird
Cracticus louisiadensis Tristram, 1889
Artamidae — Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Tagula Butcherbird, Cracticus louisiadensis, is a passerine in the Artamidae family and breeds in Australasia on Tagula and Sabara in the Louisiade Archipelago, east of south-east New Guinea. It was first described by Tristram in 1889. The bird is found in lowland forests on Tagula Island in Papua New Guinea. It is a large species, and its plumage is mainly black, with white markings on the shoulder, wing and tail. It has no recognised subspecies.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Artamidae — Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Tagula and Sabara (nw of Tagula; c Louisiade Arch., e of se New Guinea)
