Grey Currawong
The grey currawong (Strepera versicolor) is a large passerine bird native to southern Australia, including Tasmania. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera, it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie of the family Artamidae. It is a large crow-like bird, around 48 cm (19 in) long on average; with yellow irises, a heavy bill, dark plumage with white undertail and wing patches. The male and female are similar in appearance. Six subspecies are recognised and are distinguished by overall plumage colour, which ranges from slate-grey for the nominate from New South Wales and eastern Victoria and subspecies plumbea from Western Australia, to sooty black for the clinking currawong of Tasmania and subspecies halmaturina from Kangaroo Island. All grey currawongs have a loud distinctive ringing or clinking call. Within its range, the grey currawong is generally sedentary, although it is a winter visitor in the southeastern corner of Australia. Comparatively little studied, much of its behaviour and habits is poorly known. Omnivorous, it has a diet that includes a variety of berries, invertebrates, and small vertebrates. The habitat includes all kinds of forested areas as well as scrubland in drier parts of the country. It is…
Greater Bendigo National Park
Bendigo, Australia
+135 birds+16 mammals
Where granite tors pierce the undulating woodlands of central Victoria, a landscape of surprising ecological complexity unfolds across nearly 1,100 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKinglake National Park
Australia
+106 birds+22 mammals
Where eucalyptus-clad ridges rise above fern-filled gullies, the landscape unfolds in a patchwork of wet forest, dry sclerophyll woodland, and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower Glenelg National Park
Australia
+64 birds+11 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge toward tannin-stained waters, South Australia’s southwestern frontier reveals one of the continent’s most sculptured wilderness areas. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBudj Bim National Park
Australia
+60 birds+11 mammals
Where volcanic plains meet lava-carved gorges, one of Australia’s most geologically dramatic landscapes unfolds across 184 square kilometres of southwestern […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLittle Desert National Park
Australia
+107 birds+7 mammals
Where red sand dunes roll beneath a vast Australian sky, mallee scrubland stretches across 2,609 square kilometres of northwestern Victoria. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBelair National Park
Adelaide, Australia
+132 birds+19 mammals
Where the Adelaide Hills rise dramatically from the surrounding plains, eucalyptus woodlands of remarkable diversity cloak a landscape sculpted by […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCleland National Park
Australia
+95 birds+12 mammals
Where eucalyptus woodlands rise across the Adelaide Hills, a compact sanctuary of roughly twenty square kilometers preserves one of South […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLincoln National Park
Australia
+103 birds+4 mammals
Where windswept coastlines meet ochre cliffs along South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, nearly 2,700 square kilometers of wild country unfold in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoffin Bay National Park
Australia
+82 birds+6 mammals
Where the Eyre Peninsula reaches toward the Southern Ocean, windswept dunes and sheltered inlets create a landscape of remarkable ecological […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKOnkaparinga River National Park
Adelaide, Australia
+84 birds+9 mammals
Where the Onkaparinga River carves through South Australian scrubland, eucalypt woodlands and mallee heath converge in a landscape sculpted by […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park
Australia
+77 birds+6 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce the red earth of South Australia’s Mid Murray region, a mosaic of mallee scrub and open […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMorton National Park
Australia
+125 birds+27 mammals
Where sandstone cliffs plunge into temperate rainforest and eucalypt woodlands blanket the New South Wales highlands, Morton National Park sprawls […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFlinders Chase National Park
Australia
+86 birds+11 mammals
Where granite tors pierce the windswept landscape of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island, ancient mallee scrub and eucalypt woodland create a […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWilsons Promontory National Park
Australia
+125 birds+20 mammals
Granite peaks thrust skyward from Victoria’s southeastern tip, where windswept heathlands roll toward pristine coastlines carved by relentless Southern Ocean […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFitzgerald River National Park
Fitzgerald River National Park, Australia
+98 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above windswept heathlands and pristine river systems carve through untamed wilderness, one of Australia’s most biodiverse […]
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