Skip links and keyboard navigation

Species profile—Melloria quoyi rufescens (black butcherbird (coastal north-central Queensland)))

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Artamidae (woodswallows, currawongs, butcherbirds and magpie) → Melloria quoyi rufescens (black butcherbird (coastal north-central Queensland)))

Sighting data

Download
KML | CSV | GeoJson

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Artamidae (woodswallows, currawongs, butcherbirds and magpie)
Scientific name
Melloria quoyi rufescens (De Vis, 1883)
Common name
black butcherbird (coastal north-central Queensland))
Type reference
De Vis, C.W. (1883). Description of two new birds of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(4), 561-563.
WildNet taxon ID
22476
Synonym(s)
Cracticus quoyi rufescens
Alternate name(s)
north-eastern black butcherbird
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

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=22476.

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

More species information

Get a list of species for your area or find other wildlife information.

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