Pied Currawong
A species of Currawongs Scientific name : Strepera graculina Genus : Currawongs
Pied Currawong, A species of Currawongs
Botanical name: Strepera graculina
Genus: Currawongs
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Description
The pied Currawong is a large perching bird of forested and wooded areas, but also rural and urban environments. It's an omnivorous feeder that occasionally feasts on small lizards, smaller birds, and even possums. It is well-adapted to life in urban areas, but it nests high in tree canopies. This songbird gathers in large flocks but during the mating season, pairs are usually alone.
Size
44 - 50 cm
Feeding Habits
Pied Currawong is omnivorous, consuming fruits, berries, invertebrates, and small vertebrates, including juvenile birds and eggs. Opportunistic foraging includes occasional predation on adult birds as large as Crested Pigeons.
Habitat
Pied Currawong primarily resides in a range of forest habitats, including wet and dry sclerophyll forests, eucalypt woodlands, as well as rainforests. This species exhibits adaptability, inhabiting various environments from rural to semi-urban areas, including farmland, country towns, and urban regions with parks and gardens. Pied Currawong demonstrates a preference for older forests during the breeding season. The bird's range extends across broader eastern and southeastern mainland regions, where it is also found in areas with remaining native vegetation.
Dite type
Omnivorous
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Feeding Habits
Bird Feeder Type
Platform
Behavior
Pied currawongs are generally tree-dwelling, hunting and foraging some metres above the ground. Birds roost in forested areas or large trees at night, disperse to forage in the early morning and return in the late afternoon. Although often solitary or encountered in small groups, the species may form larger flocks of fifty or more birds in autumn and winter. During the breeding season, pied currawongs will pair up and become territorial, defending both nesting and feeding areas. 
Distribution Area
The pied currawong is common throughout eastern Australia, from Cape York Peninsula to western Victoria and Lord Howe Island, where it occurs as an endemic subspecies. It has adapted well to European presence, and has become more common in many areas of eastern Australia, with surveys in Nanango, Queensland, Barham, New South Wales, Geelong, Victoria, as well as the Northern Tablelands and South West Slopes regions in New South Wales, all showing an increase in population.
Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Butcherbirds Genus
Currawongs Species
Pied Currawong 
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