Actually yesterday's post from Kirri Hardy was about a Spangled Drongo
mimicking a Pied Butcherbird, not the other way around.......
Yes Grey Shrike-thrush is a good mimic, as are Drongos.
By the way, there is a k in mimicking but no k in mimicry.
Philip
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David Dickson
Sent: Friday, 7 April, 2017 10:07 AM
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Subject: Grey Shrike-thrush mimickry
Thinking about yesterday's post from Kirri Hardy on a Pied Butcherbird
mimicking a Spangled Drongo...
I have a bush block adjacent to a birders' haunt well known to
Victorians-Rise and Shine Bush Reserve. My neighbour's block is a Noisy
Miner hangout (with the consequent reduction in bird species diversity) and
every time I hear a Noisy Miner call at my place I have a fleeting panic
that I am about to be invaded and colonised by these gangsters. But, more
often than not when I hear a Noisy Miner call and track it down I find a
Grey Shrike-thrush has mimicked the call. Phew!
Dave Dickson
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