Birds · Not heard for 32 days.
Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis
First heard here 21 Sept · last heard 5 Oct · 13 days in the last year · 48 detections on record
Hear it
A clear recording song, recorded in Australia
Marc Anderson, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.
What to look for
The pied butcherbird is a songbird native to Australia. Initially described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black-and-white bird 28 to 32 cm long with a long, hooked bill. Its head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood; the mantle and much of the tail and wings are also black. The neck, underparts, and outer wing feathers are white. The juvenile and immature birds are predominantly brown and white. As they mature, black feathers replace their brown feathers. There are two recognised subspecies of pied butcherbird.
Read more on Wikipedia (Pied butcherbird)
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When it has been heard
Busiest day so far: Thursday 1 October, 10 detections between 4:42am and 6:43am.
Time of day
Busiest around 5am. From 13 days with hourly counts.
| Day | Heard | First | Last | Peak confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct | 5 | 6:01am | 8:20am | 82% |
| 4 Oct | 5 | 5:37am | 7:26am | 90% |
| 2 Oct | 3 | 4:44am | 6:11am | 85% |
| 1 Oct | 10 | 4:42am | 6:43am | 94% |
| 30 Sept | 3 | 5:02am | 5:14am | 72% |
| 29 Sept | 10 | 4:54am | 5:08am | 92% |
| 28 Sept | 1 | 5:58am | 5:58am | 78% |
| 27 Sept | 1 | 5:07am | 5:07am | 72% |
| 26 Sept | 3 | 5:00am | 6:24am | 86% |
| 25 Sept | 1 | 5:02am | 5:02am | 95% |
| 24 Sept | 1 | 5:31am | 5:31am | 75% |
| 23 Sept | 3 | 5:04am | 5:06am | 79% |
| 21 Sept | 2 | 5:24am | 6:09am | 77% |
Detections are automatic and can be wrong.