Paul Rose wrote: >window than these two birds. What do you make of these birds?
>Has 'melanoptera" expanded its range? Are there records of >'melanoptera' east
of South Australia? Is hybridisation between Pied and >Grey Currawong a
possibility?
Hi Paul "Black-winged' Currawongs (ie. ssp melanoptera) are common in the
mallee
and coastal areas of western Victoria as well as SA, and Otway area Grey
Currawongs
are typically very dark birds all over. Schodde &Mason (1999) suggest that in
the
Otways the nominate versicolor ssp is intergrading with melanoptera. L.
Schodde,
R. &Mason, I.J. (1999). The directory of Australian birds: passerines . CSIRO:
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