The black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi, also known as Cracticus quoyi ) is a species of butcherbird in the family Artamidae.It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
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Not a migrantAnimals that do not make seasonal movements and stay in their native home ranges all year round are called not migrants or residents.
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starts withThe adult is black all over except for its beak which is black-tipped grey. The juvenile is rufous-brown. As the only butcherbirds with wholly black bodies, they are sometimes confused with crows or currawongs, from which they are distinguished by their gray and hooked bills.
In Papua New Guinea, Black butcherbirds have been observed parasitizing the nests of Hooded monarch birds.
In 1903, ornithologist E. M. Cornwall observed brown and black varieties of the bird, the black preferring deeper forest and the brown preferring coastal scrub or mangroves.
