Gould's "Handbook to the Birds of Australia" (1865):
Strepera graculina and Cracticus picatus are both given as "Pied
Crow-Shrike
J. A. Leach, "An Australian Bird Book", 8th (1945) edition:
Black-backed Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen. also Piping Crow-shrike
Pied Butcher-Bird Cracticus nigrogularis. also Crow-Shrike
Grey Butcher-Bird Cracticus torquatus. also Crow-Shrike
Cayley, "What Bird Is That?" (1946):
Pied Curawong, Strepera graculina, also called Pied Crow-Shrike
Black-backed Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen. also Piping Crow-shrike
Pied Curawong, Strepera graculina, appears the best bet. The Magpie-lark
doesn't seem to get a mention among the Crow-shrikes.
Syd
> From: "Troy Mutton" <>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:00:03 +1100
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Pied Crow Strike - SMH
>
> Does anyone want to have a go at what a "Pied Crow Strike" is? I'm thinking it
> must be magpie-lark (or mudlark, or murray magpie, or possibly now "pied crow
> strike"), currawong, or magpie. I wouldn't think any of them to be among the
> country's noisiest birds - surely the sulphur-crested cockatoos have got that
> down.
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