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Cracticus torquatus

2 Grey Butcherbird at Red Hill, ACT

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Identification history

	Cracticus torquatus	17 May 2019	Illilanga
	Cracticus torquatus	16 May 2019	JonSteinbeck

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I wondered if the bird was looking for a convenient broken branch or thorn-like protrusion on the tree to act as a hook so the bird could more easily tear at the lizard’s flesh. Once the butcherbird was doing something on a vertical branch but its beak was behind the branch and I could not move around to obtain a better shot. The lizard emerged still in one piece so I am not sure the bird had found its “hook”.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.107297 -35.324795
Altitude 691.2m
Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
Places Red Hill, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
11 May 2019 12:26 PM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Species information

Cracticus torquatus Scientific name
Grey Butcherbird Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1072.4m Recorded at altitude
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