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Species profile—Cracticus torquatus (grey butcherbird)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Artamidae (wood swallows) → Cracticus torquatus (grey butcherbird)

Photo of Cracticus torquatus (grey butcherbird) - Jones, K.,Ken Jones,2011

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Artamidae (wood swallows)
Scientific name
Cracticus torquatus (Latham, 1801)
Common name
grey butcherbird
WildNet taxon ID
1656
Alternate name(s)
silver-backed butcherbird
gray butcherbird
Tasmanian jackass
Derwent jackass
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1656

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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