Black Butcherbird
A species of Typical Butcherbirds Scientific name : Melloria quoyi Genus : Typical Butcherbirds
Black Butcherbird, A species of Typical Butcherbirds
Botanical name: Melloria quoyi
Genus: Typical Butcherbirds
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Description General Info
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Description
The adult is black all over except for its beak which is black-tipped grey. The juvenile is rufous-brown. As the only butcherbirds with wholly black bodies, they are sometimes confused with crows or currawongs, from which they are distinguished by their gray and hooked bills. 
Size
44 cm
Feeding Habits
Black Butcherbird consumes a wide range of prey, including invertebrates, small vertebrates like lizards and frogs, plus some fruit. Exhibits unique hunting behaviors by pouncing and dismembering large prey using spikes, frequently foraging in subcanopies and litter.
Habitat
Black Butcherbird typically inhabits a variety of forest ecosystems and plantations, predominantly found in lowland and hilly regions. Their habitat range includes dense mangrove forests and lush riverine vegetation along humid coastal areas, coastal rainforest, and adjacent woodlands, which also extend to open grassy woodlands.
Dite type
Carnivorous
General Info
Behavior
In Papua New Guinea, Black butcherbirds have been observed parasitizing the nests of Hooded monarch birds. In 1903, ornithologist E. M. Cornwall observed brown and black varieties of the bird, the black preferring deeper forest and the brown preferring coastal scrub or mangroves.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Butcherbirds Genus
Typical Butcherbirds Species
Black Butcherbird 
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