{"id":419,"date":"2026-04-28T04:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=419"},"modified":"2026-04-28T04:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:05:35","slug":"pied-butcherbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Pied butcherbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-gallery-type-thumbslider.kb-gallery-id-419_854a45-c5 .kt-blocks-carousel-init {margin-bottom:10px;}.kb-gallery-id-419_854a45-c5 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-419_854a45-c5 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-419_854a45-c5 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-thumbslider kb-gallery-id-419_854a45-c5 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div 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https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id=\"kb-thumb-slider-419_854a45-c5\" class=\"kb-blocks-slider splide kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"false\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-slider-type=\"thumbnail\" data-slider-nav=\"kb-slider-419_854a45-c5\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"splide__list\"><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_2280-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"410\" class=\"wp-image-410 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/birds.gamesoup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2280-2048x1536.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\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<strong>pied butcherbird<\/strong>\u00a0(<em><strong>Cracticus nigrogularis<\/strong><\/em>) is a\u00a0songbird\u00a0native to\u00a0Australia. Initially\u00a0described\u00a0by\u00a0John Gould\u00a0in 1837, it is a black-and-white bird 28 to 32\u00a0cm (11 to 12.5\u00a0in) long with a long, hooked\u00a0bill. Its head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood; the\u00a0mantle and much of the tail and\u00a0wings\u00a0are also black. The neck, underparts, and outer wing\u00a0feathers 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\u00a0subspecies\u00a0of pied butcherbird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within its\u00a0range, the pied butcherbird is generally sedentary. Common in\u00a0woodlands\u00a0and\u00a0urban environments, it is carnivorous,\u00a0eating insects\u00a0and small vertebrates, including birds. A tame and inquisitive bird, the pied butcherbird has been known to accept food from humans. It\u00a0nests\u00a0in trees, constructing a cup-shaped structure out of sticks and laying two to five\u00a0eggs. The pied butcherbird engages in\u00a0cooperative breeding, with a mated pair sometimes assisted by several helper birds. The troop is\u00a0territorial, defending the nesting site from intruders. The\u00a0International Union for Conservation of Nature\u00a0(IUCN) has assessed the pied butcherbird as being of\u00a0least concern\u00a0on account of its large range and apparently stable population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The\u00a0pied butcherbird\u00a0(Cracticus nigrogularis) is a\u00a0songbird\u00a0native to\u00a0Australia. 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