{ bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195466', size: [728, 90] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot' }}]}, The Grey Currawong - Strepera versicolor - is widely distributed, mainly across the southern half of Australia, showing considerable variation in plumage. {code: 'ad_leftslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_leftslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/leftslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[120, 600], [160, 600]] } }, The grey currawong is a large passerine bird native to southern Australia, including Tasmania. The upperparts and underparts are a brownish-grey and become more brown with age. [6], Six subspecies are spread around Australia. syncDelay: 3000 [14], There is some evidence of territoriality, as birds in the Wheatbelt maintain territories year-round there. googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; dfpSlots['leftslot'] = googletag.defineSlot('/2863368/leftslot', [[120, 600], [160, 600]], 'ad_leftslot').defineSizeMapping(mapping_leftslot).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'top').setTargeting('hp', 'left').addService(googletag.pubads()); { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot' }}]}, These are the Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor), Pied Currawong (S. graculina), and Black Currawong (S. fuliginosa). { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346688' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387233' }}, type: "cookie", In the west of its range, the Grey Currawong is the only currawong species to be found. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, iasLog("criterion : sfr = cdo_dict_english"); The incidence of brood parasitism is uncertain. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, The common name comes from the call of the familiar Pied Currawong of eastern Australia and is onomatopoeic. var pbAdUnits = getPrebidSlots(curResolution); iasLog("criterion : cdo_c = " + ["science_geographic_locales"]); 'max': 8, var mapping_houseslot_b = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([963, 0], []).addSize([0, 0], [300, 250]).build(); Towards the belly, the feathers are a paler grey. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_HDX' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346698' }}, params: { もっと見る { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, ga('require', 'displayfeatures'); [14] Elsewhere, their call has been likened to the screech of ungreased metal grinding in Victoria and South Australia (races versicolor and melanoptera are noted as similar to each other), and as a harsh squeak in Western Australia. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_HDX' }}, These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. } var pbHdSlots = [ pbjs.setConfig(pbjsCfg); There is an outlying population in the arid area where the Northern Territory meets South Australia and Western Australia. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_pt", "entry"); It is a large crow-like bird, around 48 cm (19 in) long on average, with yellow irises, and a heavy bill, and dark plumage with white undertail and wing patches. All grey currawongs have a loud distinctive ringing or clinking call. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_leftslot' }}, type: "html5", The black currawong has a heavier bill and a characteristic call unlike the clink-clink call of the clinking. [18], More specifically, the nominate subspecies has a grey forehead, crown, nape, ear-coverts and throat with the face a darker grey-black. googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); iasLog("criterion : cdo_ptl = entry-mcp"); expires: 365 However, the exact origin of term is unclear; the most likely antecedent is the word garrawaŋ from the indigenous Jagera language from the Brisbane region, although the Dharug word gurawaruŋ from the Sydney basin is a possibility. {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, pbjs.que.push(function() { [14] Birds are generally encountered singly or in pairs, but may forage in groups of three to eleven birds. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '194852', size: [300, 250] }}, This is an adaptable species common in a variety of habitats including rainforest, wet & dry eucalypt forest, woodland, farmland and urban areas. It preys on many invertebrates, such as snails, spiders and woodlice, and a wide variety of insects including beetles, earwigs, cockroaches, wasps, ants and grasshoppers, and smaller vertebrates, including frogs, lizards such as the bearded dragon as well as skinks, rats, mice, and nestlings or young of Tasmanian nativehen, red wattlebird, eastern spinebill, house sparrow (Passer domesticus),[42] and splendid fairywren (M. splendens),[43] It has been recorded hunting at the nests of the superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus),[44] and the bell miner (Manorina melanophrys). window.ga=window.ga||function(){(ga.q=ga.q||[]).push(arguments)};ga.l=+new Date; dfpSlots['btmslot_a'] = googletag.defineSlot('/2863368/btmslot', [[300, 250], 'fluid'], 'ad_btmslot_a').defineSizeMapping(mapping_btmslot_a).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'btm').setTargeting('hp', 'center').addService(googletag.pubads()); 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'">, tsvibrav/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. [52], A grey currawong features in the major Dreaming story of the Kaurna people, when the ancestor hero Tjilbruke kills one in order to use fat and feathers to cover his body before transforming himself into a glossy ibis at Rosetta Head. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_300x250' }}, iasLog("criterion : cdo_tc = resp"); [30] In general, the grey currawong is sedentary throughout its range, although it appears to be resident in the cooler months only in south Gippsland in eastern Victoria and the far south coast of New South Wales. googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(false); [26] It produces a clutch of one to five (though usually two or three) rounded or tapered oval eggs, which vary in size and colour according to subspecies. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_leftslot_160x600' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_topslot_mobile_flex' }}, Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, name: "_pubcid", Those of subspecies versicolor average 30 mm × 43 mm (1.2 in × 1.7 in) in size and are a pale brown or buff with shades of pink or wine tones, and are marked with streaks or splotches of darker brown, purple-brown, slate-grey or even blue-tinged. type: "html5", "error": true, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971065', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, iasLog("exclusion label : mcp"); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195464', size: [300, 600] }}, The black currawong is commonly confused with the clinking currawong, but the latter species has a white rump and larger white wing patches. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot' }}]}, [6] { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_topslot' }}, .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} versicolor [34], Overall, data on the social behaviour of the grey currawong is lacking, and roosting habits are unknown. The size of the white patch on the wing also varies, being large and easily spotted in versicolor, plumbea, intermedia and arguta, but non-existent or indistinct in melanoptera and halmaturina. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, They vary extensively in the colour of their plumage, from grey to sooty black, and the amount of white on their wings, and most were at one time considered separate species:[9], A larger and more slender bird than its more common relative the pied currawong, the adult grey currawong ranges from 44 to 57 cm (17 to 22 in) in length, with an average of around 52 cm (20 in); the wingspan varies from 72 to 85 cm (28 to 33 in), averaging around 78 cm (31 in), with an average weight of around 350 g (12 oz). { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446382' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_pc", "dictionary"); 'min': 3.05, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, 'increment': 0.01, {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, Less arboreal than the pied currawong, the grey currawong spends more time foraging on the ground. [7] Ornithologists Charles Sibley and Jon Ahlquist recognised the close relationship between the woodswallows and the butcherbirds and relatives in 1985, and combined them into a Cracticini clade,[8] which later became the family Artamidae. The common name comes from the call of the familiar Pied Currawong of eastern Australia.. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}]; { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346693' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_leftslot' }}]}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, All grey currawongs have a loud distinctive ringing or clinking call. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195464', size: [120, 600] }}, {code: 'ad_topslot_b', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_topslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/topslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[728, 90]] } }, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971079', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654149' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_tc", "resp"); name: "pubCommonId", Within its range, the grey currawong is generally sedentary, although it is a winter visitor in the southeastern corner of Australia. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, 'min': 8.50, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387232' }}, [12] pbjs.que = pbjs.que || []; }; }); 'min': 0, googletag.cmd.push(function() { [32], The grey currawong appears to have declined across its distribution; formerly common, it became scarce in northern Victoria in the 1930s, and in northeastern Victoria in the 1960s. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346688' }}, The incubation period is poorly known because of the difficulty of observing nests, but one observation suggested around 23 days from laying to hatching. It is not to be confused with, "Aboriginal Dreaming Stories, Birds and the Local Environment", "The Phylogeny and Classification of Australo-Papuan Passerine Birds", "On the East Murchison. "sign-out": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/signout?rid=READER_ID" [14], A softer and more tuneful musical call has been called the toy-trumpet call. Comparatively little studied, much of its behaviour and habits is poorly known. [53], Large passerine bird native to southern Australia and Tasmania, "Hill crow" redirects here. Description: The currawongs are a little larger than the Australian Magpie, somewhat smaller than most ravens, but broadly similar in appearance. [35] The grey currawong has been recorded harassing larger birds such as the wedge-tailed eagle, square-tailed kite and Australian hobby. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot' }}, var dfpSlots = {}; {code: 'ad_topslot_b', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_topslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/topslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[728, 90]] } }, enableSendAllBids: false, [36] In one case, a bird was observed holding bark off the branch of a eucalypt and levering open gaps every 4 to 5 cm (1.5 to 2 in) with its bill. At times they form flocks of upto a hundred or so. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654174' }}, } { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, For many years, in Tasmania. [45], A wide variety of plant material is also consumed, including the fruit or berries of Ficus species, Leucopogon species, Exocarpos species, a cycad Macrozamia riedlei, a mistletoe Lysiana exocarpi, Astroloma humifusum, A. pinifolium, Myoporum insulare, Enchylaena tomentosa and Coprosma quadrifida. One of three currawong species in the genus Strepera , it is closely related to the butcherbirds and Australian magpie of the family Artamidae. },{ [29], Grey currawongs are found right across the southern part of Australia from the Central Coast region of New South Wales, occurring south of latitude 32°S southwards and westwards, from the vicinity of Mudgee in the north and southwest to Temora and Albury onto the Riverina and across most of Victoria and southern South Australia to the fertile south-west corner of Western Australia and the semi-arid country surrounding it. The Black Currawong is an altitudinal 'migrant', inhabiting the highland areas during the warmer months, and lower areas during the Winter. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346698' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_Billboard' }}, The pied butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) is a songbird native to Australia. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776358', position: 'atf' }}, userSync: { { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387233' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting('cdo_alc_pr', pl_p.split(",")); It also became rare in the Margaret River and Cape Naturaliste regions after 1920, and vanished from much of the Swan Coastal Plain by the 1940s. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971080', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, The grey currawong also eats berries of introduced plants such as Pyracantha angustifolia and P. fortuneana, and Cotoneaster species, and crops such as maize, apples, pears, quince, various stone fruit of the genus Prunus, grapes, tomato, passion flowers, and the nectar of gymea lily (Doryanthes excelsa). 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Hiding a checklist will exclude the taxa on it from all forms of eBird output that show a location (including bar charts, maps, and arrival/departure tables), but the observation will still be accessible to you, and will appear on your lists. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_btmslot' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654157' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_c", ["science_geographic_locales"]); { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_300x250' }}, var mapping_houseslot_a = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([963, 0], [300, 250]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); [26], The grey currawong is unlikely to be confused with other species apart from other currawongs. 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