Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Immature Back, tail's white edge | Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Immature, top of wing | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||
Order: | Perching Birds (Passeriformes) | ||||
Family: | Cuckoo-shrike (Campephagidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) | ||||
This Photo: | Immature, outstretched wings | ||||
Thank you Matt Campbell, Antoni Camozzato & Anthony Paul for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere A fairly large pretty grey bird with a distinctive black face, blending through to grey and then white under. Swoops as it flies. Similar to a Grey Shrike-thrush from the back, but larger. | |||||
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