Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosaLarge, black, crow-sized bird with large black bill and yellow eyes. In flight, white tail tip and primary tips sometimes difficult to see. Gray Currawong can be similar but has white undertail. Inhabits many wooded and open habitats in Tasmania, sometimes foraging in large flocks. Song a distinctive throaty, fluting “kar-week, week-kar,” or similar.Artamidae bird family
Order Passeriformes · 4 selected species
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Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosaLarge, black, crow-sized bird with large black bill and yellow eyes. In flight, white tail tip and primary tips sometimes difficult to see. Gray Currawong can be similar but has white undertail. Inhabits many wooded and open habitats in Tasmania, sometimes foraging in large flocks. Song a distinctive throaty, fluting “kar-week, week-kar,” or similar.
Gray CurrawongStrepera versicolorLarge, crow-sized bird, gray or black, with large black bill and yellow eye. In flight, white undertail, tail tip, and primary bases distinctive; some subspecies of Pied Currawong very similar, but Gray has narrow pale trailing edge to wing in all plumages. Black Currawong has thicker bill and dark undertail. Loud ringing, clinking song, reminiscent of some lyrebird sounds.
Pied CurrawongStrepera graculinaLarge, black, crow-sized bird with large black bill and yellow eyes. In flight, white rump (most subspecies), undertail, tail tip, and primary bases distinctive. Gray Currawong lacks white rump and has narrow pale trailing edge to wing. Smaller Australian Magpie extensively white in upperparts. Common in woodlands and parks, foraging singly, in pairs, or groups from ground level to treetops. Variably fluting song that may sound a bit like “curr-a-wong.”Pied CurrawongStrepera graculinaLarge, black, crow-sized bird with large black bill and yellow eyes. In flight, white rump (most subspecies), undertail, tail tip, and primary bases distinctive. Gray Currawong lacks white rump and has narrow pale trailing edge to wing. Smaller Australian Magpie extensively white in upperparts. Common in woodlands and parks, foraging singly, in pairs, or groups from ground level to treetops. Variably fluting song that may sound a bit like “curr-a-wong.”