Predation by Pied Butcherbird

[David Clark <>]

When we lived in suburban Box Hill, our resident Grey Butcherbirds would regularly take Spotted Doves and Blackbirds.  They're not really equipped for killing birds of that size and it would be a drawn-out affair until the prey was dispatched.

Cheers

David

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 2:59 PM Graeme Stevens <> wrote:

A contact in the Cooranbong area supplied this image with a report of a Pied Butcherbird attempting to take a Peaceful Dove and then successfully killing and eating the intestines from this Bar-shouldered Dove.

HANZAB certainly references PBs taking small passerines like House Sparrow and Double-Barred Finch, but this seems like an unusually large prey item?

Graeme Stevens 

 

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