Strepera graculina at ANBG

Pied Currawong at ANBG

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Identification history

	Strepera graculina	11 Mar 2018	ChrisDavey
	Strepera graculina	7 Mar 2018	MatthewFrawley

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4 comments

MichaelBirdBoy wrote:

8 Mar 2018

Matthew, Any chance of a photo of tail as the plumage in the photo seems rather greyish, and there’s only just a hint of wing pattern. Michael

MatthewFrawley wrote:

9 Mar 2018

Hi Michael, apologies but I didn't get another photo, and I know now that I should have, to confirm it was a Pied Currawong and not a Grey Currawong. I'm certain it was a Pied Currawong, but I should have taken another photo to show the other half of the bird.

MichaelBirdBoy wrote:

9 Mar 2018

Matthew I’d be surprised if your id wasn’t correct, but having just joined the COG moderation team for the Canberra Nature Map, I’m realising just how much info a photo, and especially a photo of part of a bird or an unusual angle does NOT give, and being conservative. I’ll leave this one for Chris to decide. However, maybe it would be worth commenting on call and/or one of the other id features which you doubtless observed but isn’t part of the photo.

ChrisDavey wrote:

12 Mar 2018

Matthew, as moderators we can only go on what we see in the image. This is difficult but I will go with Pied Currawong because of bill shape and tiny amount of white just showing on the folded wing. Chris

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