butcherbird , auch: butcher-bird
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"Now there's a different one that is brown, that's the butcherbird."

The party comes to an abrupt halt when Butcherbird enters with Cody.

It can be distinguished from the Black-backed Butcherbird by its black throat.

The Grey Butcherbird preys on small vertebrates including other birds.

Harry explains to a confused Amy that he and Butcherbird are "distant cousins".

There are also many birds, including the reed warbler, white heron, butcherbird, and swans.

Common birds include the Black Butcherbird and various honeyeaters.

Black-throated Butcherbird is an alternate common name.

The Hooded Butcherbird has a complex fluting song, made up of many varied components.

Peltops is a genus of bird in the butcherbird family Cracticidae.

Other birds recorded foraging include the Grey Butcherbird and species of thornbill.

The Pied Butcherbird is carnivorous, and eats small vertebrates and large insects.

The Striped Honeyeater often nests in the vicinity of a nesting Butcherbird.

The Pied Butcherbird is found across much of Australia, except the far south and Tasmania.

The Grey Butcherbird occurs in a range of different habitats including arid, semi-arid and temperate zones.

The Grey Butcherbird has three subspecies:

The three form a monophyletic group within the genus, having diverged from ancestors of the Grey Butcherbird around five million years ago.

Subspecies albipennis with its white wing patch has been likened to a khaki-backed butcherbird in flight.

Within the genus, it is most closely related to the Tagula and Hooded Butcherbird.

Time of the Butcherbird (1979), London: Heinemann.

The Pied Butcherbird has a similar build and plumage, but has white underparts unlike the former species' black underparts.

Like other butcherbirds, the Pied Butcherbird is a stockily built bird with a relatively large head and short wings and legs.

The Silver-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus) is a small, shrike-like bird.

Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

The Black Butcherbird (Cracticus quoyi) is a species of bird in the Cracticidae family.