{"id":403,"date":"2026-04-28T03:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=403"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:50:38","slug":"pied-currawong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"Pied\u00a0Currawong"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-gallery-type-thumbslider.kb-gallery-id-403_dfa309-78 .kt-blocks-carousel-init {margin-bottom:10px;}.kb-gallery-id-403_dfa309-78 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-403_dfa309-78 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-403_dfa309-78 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-thumbslider kb-gallery-id-403_dfa309-78 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div 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data-light-image=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4216-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"405\" class=\"wp-image-405 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4216-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4216-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4216-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4216-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4216-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4216-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-thumb-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-thumb-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-land32 kb-has-image-ratio-land32\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"406\" class=\"wp-image-406 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4308-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<strong>pied currawong<\/strong>\u00a0(<em><strong>Strepera graculina<\/strong><\/em>) is a black\u00a0passerine\u00a0bird native to\u00a0eastern Australia\u00a0and\u00a0Lord Howe Island. One of three\u00a0currawong\u00a0species in the genus\u00a0<em>Strepera<\/em>, it is closely related to the\u00a0butcherbirds\u00a0and\u00a0Australian magpie\u00a0of the family\u00a0Artamidae. Six subspecies are recognised. It is a robust crowlike bird averaging around 48\u00a0cm (19\u00a0in) in length, black or sooty grey-black in plumage with white undertail and wing patches, yellow irises, and a heavy bill. The male and female are similar in appearance. Known for its melodious calls, the species&#8217; name\u00a0<em>currawong<\/em>\u00a0is believed to be of\u00a0indigenous\u00a0origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within its range, the pied currawong is generally\u00a0sedentary, although populations at higher altitudes relocate to lower areas during the cooler months. It is\u00a0omnivorous, with a diet that includes a wide variety of berries and seeds,\u00a0invertebrates, bird eggs, juvenile birds and young marsupials. It is a predator which has adapted well to urbanisation and can be found in parks and gardens as well as rural woodland. The habitat includes every kind of forested area, although mature forests are preferred for breeding. Roosting, nesting and the bulk of foraging take place in trees, in contrast with the ground-foraging behaviour of its relative, the Australian magpie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The\u00a0pied currawong\u00a0(Strepera graculina) is a black\u00a0passerine\u00a0bird native to\u00a0eastern Australia\u00a0and\u00a0Lord Howe Island. 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