Common Name: White-winged Chough
Scientific Name: Corcorax melanorhamphos
Family: Corcoracidae
Order: Passeriformes
Other Names: NA.
Distribution: Most of eastern and south-eastern mainland Australia, but are absent from northern Queensland.
Habitat: Open forests and woodlands, tending to prefer the wetter areas, with lots of leaf-litter, for feeding, and available mud for nest building.
Field Notes: large, almost completely black bird. It has a curved beak, a red eye and a large white wing patch, which is seen when the bird is in flight. The bill and legs are black. Both male and female share the same plumage pattern. Young White-winged Choughs start off duskier than the adults, and the eye is brown. Often mistaken at a distance for a crow or raven. Size 45 cm.
Photo by Auscraft 2011, Kinbombi,QLD.
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Scientific Name: Corcorax melanorhamphos
Family: Corcoracidae
Order: Passeriformes
Other Names: NA.
Distribution: Most of eastern and south-eastern mainland Australia, but are absent from northern Queensland.
Habitat: Open forests and woodlands, tending to prefer the wetter areas, with lots of leaf-litter, for feeding, and available mud for nest building.
Field Notes: large, almost completely black bird. It has a curved beak, a red eye and a large white wing patch, which is seen when the bird is in flight. The bill and legs are black. Both male and female share the same plumage pattern. Young White-winged Choughs start off duskier than the adults, and the eye is brown. Often mistaken at a distance for a crow or raven. Size 45 cm.
Photo by Auscraft 2011, Kinbombi,QLD.
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